How many years in prison can patrol officers, who fled from Kyiv shooter, get

The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported suspicion to two patrol officers who, during the armed attack on Demiivska Street in Kyiv, left the scene without taking any measures to stop the shooter.

According to the investigation, on April 18, 2026, a patrol police crew arrived at a call regarding a domestic conflict in the Holosiivskyi district. At the scene, the police officers saw a wounded child and two adults with gunshot wounds. They were aware of the armed attacker and the real threat to people's lives - the law allowed the use of service weapons without warning.

However, instead of stopping the shooter, law enforcement officers left the scene. Within a few hours, the armed man killed six people, another person died in the hospital.

The policemen were served with suspicion of official negligence, which caused serious consequences - the death of people (Part 3 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). This article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to eight years with a ban on holding certain positions.

The investigators filed a motion to detain the suspects. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, the involvement of other persons is being verified. The procedural management is carried out by the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.

Earlier, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko also confirmed that criminal proceedings had been initiated against the police officers who fled at the time of the terrorist attack in Kyiv on April 18.