Deputy head of National Police Fatsevych appointed head of Patrol Police

Former Head of the Patrol Police Department Yevhen Zhukov has been appointed Advisor to the Head of the National Police, and Deputy Head of the National Police Oleksandr Fatsevych will oversee the Patrol Police instead.

This was told to journalists by the Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to him, Zhukov himself resigned after the shooting in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv and the actions of two patrol police officers who were the first to arrive at the scene.

Klymenko noted that he was a supporter of Zhukov remaining in the team, so he was dismissed from the post of Head of the Patrol Police and appointed Advisor to the Head of the National Police, where he will deal with war issues, because he proved the effectiveness of the Patrol Police unit "Khyzhak", which is fighting against the occupiers on the front line.

"Yevhen Zhukov has been appointed Advisor to the Head of the National Police. He will deal with war issues," Klymenko said.

The Minister of Internal Affairs emphasized that the Patrol Police will be headed by the Deputy Head of the National Police, Oleksandr Fatsevych.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the former head of the Patrol Police Department, Yevhen Zhukov, who resigned after the terrorist attack in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, bought an AUDI A8 last year.

Zhukov resigned after the shooting in Kyiv. On April 18, after noon, bloody events unfolded in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv. At first, local residents began to talk in Telegram channels about the sounds of gunshots that they heard in the courtyards of their houses. Later, videos shot on phones appeared, where a man was filmed, who simply quickly moved down the street and shot at almost everyone he met. 6 people were killed. Later, a video emerged showing two patrol officers who had arrived at the scene on call running away as soon as they heard gunshots.