< p _ngcontent-sc86="" class="news-annotation">In the Kyiv region, a 30-year-old man shot down the national flag. After that, he began to threaten law enforcement officers that he would blow up a grenade.

This was told by the head of the Kyiv region police Andrey Nebitov. The incident took place on the night of August 26.

A man shot down the state flag

In the middle of the night in the Obukhov region, a 30-year-old man opened fire with a gun at the Ukrainian flag. After a police squad arrived at the scene, the attacker grabbed a grenade in his hand and threatened to blow everyone up.

The Vasylkivska police officers did a good job. In a moment, the attacker was handcuffed. As it turned out, he was in a state of alcoholic intoxication, – said Nebitov. He is currently in a temporary detention facility. A man faces 7 years in prison for:

• defamation of state symbols,
• illegal handling of weapons and ammunition,
• threatening to kill a law enforcement officer.

“Shameful and unacceptable behavior during martial law,” said the chief of police.

Nebitov summed up that law enforcement officers will respond harshly to such offenses.

See photo from the scene/Photo by Andrey Nebitov