About 80 representatives of nationalist organizations held a picket outside the building of the Presidential Administration downtown Kyiv on Wednesday, demanding the dismissal of Head of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Oleksiy Savchenko.
According to an Interfax-Ukraine reporter, the picket brought together activists from the National Corps, Svoboda, and the Right Sector. According to picketers, Savchenko’s actions led to the death of Vladyslav Voloshyn, acting director of Mykolaiv International Airport and a former military pilot and veteran Donbas war.
“According to reports in the media, Voloshin’s death was caused by the actions of the leadership of the regional state administration. Savchenko’s reputation has had dark spots for a long time, and we are convinced that this person has no right to head the local executive government agency. We’re asking you to sign a decree dismissing Savchenko as head of the administration,” National Corps representative Oleksandr Alferov said, reading out the appeal.
The activists handed over this appeal to representative of the administration.
After that, they launched dozens of paper planes with inscriptions accusing Savchenko and dispersed.
The picket passed peacefully. Several dozen employees of the National Police and the National Guard maintained public order.
As reported, Voloshyn committed suicide in his own apartment in Mykolaiv on March 18. He was urgently hospitalized but died at the ambulance hospital. According to preliminary report, he shot himself from a Makarov pistol with no marking.
“According to relatives, the deceased had recently been depressed and expressed alarming intentions,” the police said.
Criminal proceedings were opened under Part 1, Article 115 of the Criminal Code (premeditated murder), as required by the procedure in similar cases. The investigation is underway.
Investigators are probing five theories behind Voloshyn’s death.
“Five theories behind this crime are being considered – suicide in a state of emotional unrest, suicide committed due to professional activity in the post of acting director, suicide due to family relationship, suicide due to possible conflicts during the service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and an accident caused by careless handling of firearms,” the media liaisons office of Mykolaiv regional police reported on March 20.
