In Kharkiv, artillery shelling by Russian troops destroyed the building of the main National Police department in the Kharkiv region. 4 people died and 15 were injured.
Backup phone numbers for appeals to the Kyiv police have been published, as there may have been periodic problems with the connection to the special 102 line due to congestion.
The murder of an eight-year-old girl has provoked civil unrest in Loshchynivka village in Odesa Oblast. Police arrested a suspect, a Roma male, and locals are now demanding to evict all Roma from the village.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov stated that Kryve Ozero police district unit in Mykolayivska Oblast would be disbanded, and a new police chief would be appointed.
MP and member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs board Anton Herashchenko stated on Facebook that the police officer guilty of the man’s death in Kryve Ozero will be punished according to the law.
Three police officers who are suspected of the brutal beating of a man in Kryve Ozero were arrested on Wednesday, it is currently being decided whether they will remain in detention before trial.
On the night between August 23 and August 24, police officers in Kryve Ozero in Mykolaiv oblast beat a young man to death, local news outlet Novosti-N reports, saying that the details of the incident are not clear.
On Monday night, August 23, a man from Babyntsi village in Borschiv district of Ternopil oblast shot and killed two policemen, the press service of the oblast police reports.
The National Police service has theories on who organized surveillance of one of the leaders of Ukrayinska Pravda Pavel Sheremet, Vadym Troyan of the National Police stated on 112 Ukraine TV channel.