A policeman from a special-purpose regiment committed suicide at a post near Poroshenko’s residence
A police officer of a special-purpose regiment committed suicide while on duty in the village of Kozin not far from the residence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This was reported by the Kiev news agency UNN with reference to the speaker of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kyiv region, Nikolai Zhukovich.
The incident occurred on February 23.
“There is such a fact (the fact of suicide of a special police regiment officer at a post near the village of Kozin, not far from Poroshenko’s residence - ed.). An investigation is currently underway. Open criminal proceedings,” said a representative of the Kiev region police.
Answering the question whether this police officer was guarding the presidential residence, Zhukovich replied that “this happened not far from the residence, but at the post.”
It is also reported that, according to preliminary information, a police officer committed suicide with his service weapon.
As the publication clarifies, the deceased is senior sergeant Sergei Galasyuk. In connection with his death, criminal proceedings have been opened under the Criminal Code article on premeditated murder.
It should be noted that the urban-type settlement of Kozin is located 30 km from Kyiv and is famous in many respects for the location of the residence in which the president lives.