Notice of suspicions to SES officials and searches at Dubinsky's place: August 3 highlights

Suspicions of SES officials

Five officials of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have been notified of suspicion in the case of the death of Interior Ministry officials in a helicopter crash in Brovary in January 2023, reported the Prosecutor General's Office.

The investigation found that the suspects had committed blatant violations of traffic safety and air transport operation rules, which led to the deaths of people.

The SES reported that it would suspend the officials who were served with the notice of suspicion by the State Bureau of Investigation.

Searches at Dubinsky's place

Law enforcement officers searched the home of MP Oleksandr Dubinsky, who went on vacation abroad under the guise of assisting a relative who was supposed to undergo medical treatment, the Security Service of Ukraine and the State Bureau of Investigation reported.

The Security Service of Ukraine notes that although Dubinsky went abroad to accompany a relative for medical treatment, the MP's father went abroad and returned from there on his own without the actual accompaniment of the MP.

In addition, law enforcement officers are investigating how the MP could sign and send official documents, including to government agencies, while being abroad. According to the investigation, this may indicate that they were forged.

The number of domestic violence cases in Ukraine increased

After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, the number of reported cases of domestic violence in Ukraine initially decreased as millions of people fled the hostilities. However, it is now rising dramatically again, Reuters reports, citing data from the National Police that the agency has verified.

More than a dozen officials and experts working in this area told Reuters that the increase in domestic violence cases resulted from rising stress, economic hardship, and unemployment. In most cases, the victims are women, the experts said.

Investigation in the case of Judge Tandyr completed

The State Bureau of Investigation has completed the investigation into Judge Oleksiy Tandyr. According to the investigation, he was driving drunk and hit a serviceman at a checkpoint in Kyiv. The guardsman died on the spot. Oleksiy Tandyr also tried to hide his state of intoxication. In total, 18 examinations were conducted, including forensic, chemical, technical, and other examinations.

"Since the judge has the special professional knowledge, methods, and extensive judicial practice in dealing with road safety offenses, when taking biological samples, he tried to distort their contents to conceal the state of intoxication," the State Bureau of Investigation said.

Nevertheless, forensic examinations confirmed the alcohol content in the samples provided, the SBI added. In addition, the state of intoxication was also confirmed by the conclusions of other examinations.

Shelling of Kherson

On the morning of August 3, Russian occupation forces shelled Kherson with artillery, hitting a bus. Three passengers and another civilian who was on the street at the time of the attack were hospitalized, the Prosecutor General's Office said.

At about 16:50, Russians attacked the central part of Kherson, injuring a volunteer from Norway.

Other important news

• Ten Ukrainian children, illegally deported to Russia, had been returned to Ukraine.
• Lithuanian President: Wagner Group mercenaries stationed in Belarus have moved close to the Lithuanian border.
• Ukraine's Defense Ministry: Ukraine's combat medics are allowed to perform blood transfusions after undergoing relevant training.
• Ukrainian volunteer engineers are developing a combat missile Trembita to "overload" Russian air defense.
• Kuleba: The task of Ukraine's ambassador to China is to prevent the "Chinese HIMARS" from coming to Russia.
• Polish Defense Minister: Poland to increase the number of troops in the east after Belarusian helicopters violated the country's airspace.
• EU imposed new restrictions on Belarus to reduce Russia's ability to circumvent sanctions.