The Ukrainian parliament has approved a move to disarm illegal self-defence groups that sprang up around the country during the protests against the previous government.<br /><br /> The vote was unopposed and followed a shooting in central Kyiv on Monday night in which three people were wounded.<br /><br /> A suspected member of a nationalist group was detained.<br /><br /> “Those who have weapons can only belong to the Ukrainian armed forces, the National Guard and Ukraine’s security service, or other military groups,” said Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.<br /><br /> The proposal approved by parliament linked a growing “criminal atmosphere” to what it described as “systematic provocations from foreign citizens in the eastern-southern regions of Ukraine and in Kyiv” – suggesting that Russian agents or trouble-makers were stirring unrest in parts of the country.<br /><br /> “The situation where there are shootings in Kyiv the capital, where a lot of young men are walking with an uncontrolled number of weapons, must be ended,” said Udar party leader Vitaly Klychko.<br /><br /> Following Monday’s shooting, police surrounded and searched the Dnipro hotel, used by the nationalist Right Sector as its headquarters – reportedly finding several weapons.<br /><br /> They said the suspected member who was held had fired on people outside a restaurant, wounding three – including a government official.
