The offender was in an agitated state, after being examined by doctors, he was hospitalized.
This was reported by the press service of the National Police.
“Information about the event was received this morning by the Shevchenko Police Department. A local resident told law enforcement officers that found damaged flags and photographs of the dead soldiers on Maidan Nezalezhnosti. As a result of the operational activities, the police identified the offender, who turned out to be a 36-year-old native of Sumy Oblast,” the report says.
The man was detained by a patrol squad. It is noted that the offender was in an agitated state and after examination by doctors was hospitalized in a specialized medical institution.
Currently, the issue of providing the event with a legal qualification is being resolved.
- In June, a woman entered the territory of the Askold's Grave Park and, for unknown reasons, began to tear down and break memorial plaques, smash lamps and deface the national flag of Ukraine at the burial sites of the fallen defenders of Ukraine – Dmitry Kotsyubail, call sign “Da Vinci”, Andrey Pilshchikov, call sign “Djus”, and Pavel Petrichenko.
- In November, the case was sent to court. A preventive measure was applied to the suspect in the form of placement in a psychiatric institution.