2011 Vasylkiv terror plot
| Vasylkiv terrorists case | |
|---|---|
| Part of Euromaidan | |
| Location | Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine |
| Date | 24 August 2011 (Independence Day of Ukraine) By then the statue had been already removed. |
| Target | Statue of Lenin |
Attack type | Attempted bombing |
| Weapons | Explosives |
| Injured | 0 |
| Accused | Volodymyr Shpara, Ihor Mosiychuk and Serhiy Bevza |
| Verdict | 8 years in prison |
| Convictions | Convicted released following the February 2014 Ukrainian revolution |
The Vasylkiv terrorists case was an alleged terror plot of three far-right activists ("the Vasylkiv terrorists") attempting to blow up a statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Ukrainian city of Boryspil in August 2011. The statue was removed in June 2011, before the alleged incident was supposed to take place. The three suspects were arrested on 22 August 2011.
Immediately after the three defendants were jailed for six years on 10 January 2014, violent clashes between the Ukrainian police and about a hundred protesters that had gathered at the courthouse broke out.
Following the Revolution of Dignity, on February 24 they were released.