"The Ministry of Internal Affairs must investigate, and the Ministry of Defense must fulfill its promise": Zelenskyy responded to the attack on TCC military personnel in Lviv
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President Zelenskyy stated that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will investigate the attack on TCC military personnel in Lviv. The incident occurred on July 8, when a crowd blocked and overturned an official vehicle.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the situation in Lviv, where an attack on servicemen of the TCC and SP occurred, a "very bad story," reports UNN.
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According to the Head of State, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will deal with the incident within the framework of current legislation.
Zelenskyy stated that he received a report on the incident from the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko.
"There are many questions regarding Lviv, yesterday's situation, the attack on TCC servicemen. In my opinion, the story is very bad and the attitude towards people in military uniform is very bad. This should not happen,"
The President emphasized that the Ministry of Internal Affairs must sort out this situation in accordance with the law.
"Minister Klymenko reported some details to me today. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will certainly deal with this within the framework of current legislation, and the Ministry of Defense must do everything they promised,"
Recall
The National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine are conducting pre-trial investigations into the events in Lviv, where a crowd blocked, damaged, and overturned a service vehicle of the TCC military.
The incident occurred on July 8 in Lviv, in the Sykhiv district. The crowd tried to "free" a man from TCC workers amid shouts of "shame" and began beating the TCC service vehicle, which, according to local public reports, was overturned. The police and the local TCC indicated that the conflict arose due to the detention of a military-liable man who was wanted.
The head of the Lviv OVA, Maksym Kozytskyi, reported at night that "an urgent meeting with law enforcement officers was held regarding the situation with the blocking of TCC vehicles in Sykhiv."
The Head of the Presidential Office, former head of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense, Kyrylo Budanov, reacted to the conflict involving the crowd and TCC representatives in Lviv, stating that he expects a "fair" response from law enforcement agencies.
About 200 civilians took part in the clashes involving the crowd, TCC, and police in Lviv, reported the Office of the Prosecutor General, indicating that an investigation has been launched into the incident involving servicemen, police, and civilians.