A police chief and his men were welcomed as heroes as they marched into Independence Square.
He and his men had just defected, leaving their posts in Radekhiv, a small town in Western Ukraine.
The head of the unit, who says he has served in Afghanistan, explained their actions:
"How are we supposed to look on if they are shooting at a peaceful population, who are we to look on calmly when we gave our vows to protect the Ukrainian people and not some bunch of oligarchs," said Vasil Krikovsky.
It is a tale. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing.