Detentions were carried out in Lviv of participants in the mass conflict with TCC employees. Videos published by local public channels show that, in addition to police officers, unidentified men in civilian clothes took part in the detentions.
Other footage shows young men who overturned a TCC car during the conflict being forced to apologize publicly and shout “Glory to the TCC.” One of them says he is ready to serve in the army. The second says he is already fighting, but is currently on leave and will soon return to the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the same time, the authenticity of the video—that it shows the very men who took part in the clashes—has not been confirmed.
Later, Dmytro Kukharchuk, deputy commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ 3rd Army Corps, published a video in which one of the participants in the conflict offers a separate apology after an “educational conversation.”
“I saw insincere apologies for yesterday’s situation in Lviv and decided that sincere ones were needed. This is what they look like. The educational conversation has been conducted, the traitor has been handed over to the relevant authorities. Thanks to the concerned unknown patriots,” Kukharchuk wrote.
“I, Stanyr Roman Vitaliiovych, committed unlawful acts yesterday. I touched a TCC car, I was intoxicated. I touched servicemen who were carrying out their duties. By doing so, I caused a riot in Sykhiv so that all the people would gather. I did not want to do that, truly. I sincerely apologize to all the people of Ukraine, to all the military. I apologize to my mother and sister for doing such a stupid thing. I will not do it again, I swear. I apologize once again to the Ukrainian army, to all the people of Ukraine. I will not repeat this,” he said.
He also added that he was ready to accept “any punishment they say.”
Commenting on the mass conflict in Lviv, the Defense Ministry said that everyone is equal before the law and that violence must entail responsibility. The National Police detained one of the protest participants and, together with the SBU, opened pretrial investigations.
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