In Transcarpathia, near the building of the Khust District Military and Social Center, an unidentified man fired several shots into the air and attempted to enter the recruitment center. This information was confirmed to UNIAN by Anna Dan, the spokesperson for the National Police in the Transcarpathian region.
According to her, the incident occurred on Thursday, November 14, at 3:30 PM. The man fired several shots into the air using a starting pistol. Law enforcement officers apprehended him at the scene.
The police reported that no one was injured as a result of the incident.
"The detained man was held administratively accountable under Article 173 (Petty Hooliganism) of the Code of Administrative Offenses," Dan specified.
She also stated that after the protocol was drawn up, the man was released.
"Suspilne," citing its own sources in law enforcement, reports that the detainee is a former military personnel who was discharged from the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to health reasons.
"The man fired shots because he was angry about not being mobilized," the source revealed.
In Poltava, a well-known blogger was attacked with a gun
In October, in Poltava, blogger Nicholas Karma was attacked by unknown individuals with a weapon. According to him, during a shoot, a group of men approached him. They began to provoke him into an argument and asked questions about his "attitude towards the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Karma responded that everyone should either be in the army or supporting it. However, the blogger claimed that they began to threaten him with a gun.
In the comments on the blogger's page, some followers noted that the man in the video resembled Alexander Logvinenko, a representative of the Military and Social Center. The spokesperson for the Poltava Regional Military and Social Center, Roman Istomin, reacted to the conflict. He confirmed that Logvinenko was present at the incident and asked the blogger a few questions before stepping away. Subsequently, Nicholas Karma approached him from behind, grabbed his shoulder, and started a conflict. He also stated that the gun was not a service weapon and posed no threat to anyone.