The court remanded Patrolman Drobnitsky, who fled during the terrorist attack in Kyiv, in custody
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Patrolman Mykhailo Drobnitsky was taken into custody with the possibility of bail. He is accused of negligence for leaving the scene of a shooting with seven victims.
The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv has chosen a pre-trial measure for patrol officer Mykhailo Drobnitskyi, who is accused of official negligence during a terrorist attack in Kyiv that killed seven people, in the form of detention, UNN reports.
Apply to the suspect Mykhailo Drobnitskyi a pre-trial measure in the form of detention until June 18, 2026. Take the suspect into custody in the courtroom. Determine an alternative measure for the suspect in the form of bail of UAH 266,000
The prosecution insisted on applying a pre-trial measure in the form of detention.
The defense requested house arrest.
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A court hearing began in the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv to elect a pre-trial measure for law enforcement officers who fled the scene of the terrorist attack in Kyiv on April 18.
Law enforcement officers are accused of official negligence during a terrorist attack in Kyiv, which killed seven people.
The prosecution insists on applying a pre-trial measure in the form of detention to law enforcement officers.
According to the law enforcement officer, on April 18, he and a colleague received a call about hooliganism.
We were driving from Lobanovsky, approached Demiyivska. We heard people screaming, and we heard someone shooting there. We stopped near house 35, approached the security guard, and asked where the shots had been fired. Approaching the entrance, we saw a terrible scene. There were seriously wounded people lying there - a man and a woman. A child knelt down - she had a gunshot wound. I told my partner to stay with the child. At that time, as we were walking to the entrance, I had already radioed the operational duty officer that ambulances were needed, because I understood that there had been shooting and help would be needed. Approaching there, there was no shooter. There were no armed people. There were people near the entrance. They were asking for help, asking to call an ambulance
According to him, he gave his tablet and keys to the service car to his partner and told her to run for a first aid kit to help people.
At that time, I again took the radio to report to the duty officer that we had seriously wounded people and that additional crews were needed, a person with an automatic rifle sharply came out of the entrance, bypassed them, pointed the weapon in my direction, and began to fire aimed shots. I began to retreat to find cover. When I was retreating, I was being fired upon. Having found cover, I took all measures to detect the attacker and neutralize him
Last Saturday, April 18, Ukraine was shaken by terrible news. In Kyiv, an armed man opened fire on people, killing six people, and another died today in the hospital.
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The shooter was eliminated during his arrest in a Kyiv supermarket, where he barricaded himself and held hostages. According to the police, the terrorist act in Kyiv on April 18 began due to a domestic conflict.
According to the head of the National Police of Ukraine, Ivan Vyhivskyi, a conflict between neighbors escalated into a shooting. The man first used traumatic weapons, and then returned with firearms and set fire to his apartment.
Law enforcement officers responded to a call about a domestic quarrel, but on the way, they received information that there was a shooter at the scene. When the police approached the child and were about to return to the car for a first aid kit, shots were fired.
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, reported that the man who started the shooting had a registered carbine - he obtained the permit back in December 2025.
In addition, a video appeared online showing two police officers leaving the scene of the shooting in Kyiv without taking measures to neutralize the attacker.
Klymenko ordered an official investigation, the patrol officers were suspended from duty for leaving the scene of the shooting, and the head of the Patrol Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine, Yevhen Zhukov, resigned.
Two police officers were notified of suspicion for official negligence during the shooting in Kyiv. Due to their escape, an armed terrorist killed seven civilians.