The Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv has opened four criminal cases concerning incidents near the Ukrainian House on July 4.
The press service of the capital’s prosecutor’s office said that the cases were opened on applications submitted by law enforcers regarding resistance to the police and causing injuries to them while on duty.
According to the prosecutor’s office, a criminal case was opened on the resistance to a deputy commanding officer of the State Automobile Inspectorate under the Main Department of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kyiv, who tried to stop a car moving on the crowded sidewalk near the Ukrainian House.
“Three people came to the officer, one of them sat in the parked car and continued driving it, while the other two men used physical force, pushed away the policeman, tore off his shoulder applets, and did not let him move,” reads the statement.
Three other criminal cases were opened on the causing of injuries to policemen (under Part 2 of Article 345 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – threatening and using violence against law enforcers).
All of the injured policemen are undergoing treatment. One of them has concussion, while the other policemen suffered bruises and injuries of medium severity.
As reported, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the bill on the principles of the state language policy initiated by the Regions Party on July 3. The document significantly expands the sphere of use of Russian and languages of other national minorities in the regions where they are used by at least 10% of population.
One of the authors of the bill, Vadym Kolesnichenko, said that the Regions Party wanted to make Russian an official language in Ukraine through the Constitutional Assembly.
The opposition claimed that the document was passed with multiple violations.
On the day of the passing of the language bill protesters started gathering near the Ukrainian House. Several people’s deputies went on hunger strike.
