Armed gang robs man, escapes police chase in Kyiv

An armed gang has robbed a man after he completed a $70,000 forex operation in Solomenskiy district of Kyiv in the late hours of Tuesday, according to the National Police press service.

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The gangsters than managed to escape the police chase, damaging a police vehicle with their Range Rover, injuring two police officers and three civilians.

The law enforcers launched an interception plan across the capital, staying on high alert.

Read alsoYatsenyuk: Police find largest archive of Yanukovych's familyThe robbers are members of a ten-strong organized criminal group, according to Zoryan Shkiryak, adviser to the Deputy Interior Minister Evidence. Most gangsters are said to have come to Kyiv from Donetsk region.

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