the Ukrainian law enforcement officers checked and denied information about the explosion near the office of Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the “Opposition platform For life” (opzz) of Viktor Medvedchuk in the capital of Ukraine. They said that in front of the office took place the protest action, which participants lit flares, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the communications division of the police of Kiev.
At the end, nobody was hurt, police detained several people for violating public order. They were taken to the Pechersk police Department.
Previously, a number of Ukrainian media reported about the explosion in the immediate vicinity of the office Medvedchuk. In social networks witnesses posted photos and videos showing that the office party has accumulated a few dozen people, they chanted nationalist slogans, throwing smoke bombs and flares into the building, doused the wall with paint. They stated that they are opposed to “surrender” pursued by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky while assisting opsi.
the press service of the party claim that the attack on the office of the head of the political Council organized the radicals of the ultra-right organization “national body.” “The fascist thugs committed another attack on the office of the party”, – quotes TASS quote from the press release.
In opsi called this action an attempt of revenge and intimidation, a statement appeared on the official website of the party. Also in the party said that the police arrested 11 security guards who tried to stop the protesters. One of the guards were hospitalized. One of the guards admitted to hospital by ambulance after a blow to the head”, – added in party.