The fire on the car of the first assistant to the president, Sergei Shefir, was led by a professional criminal who did not act alone. The investigation is confident of this, said Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevgeny Yenin.

“We understand quite clearly that the criminal was not alone. We have an imaginary portrait: height, weight and other traces that we established during investigative actions. They have been submitted for appropriate expertise, "

Yenin clarified that the criminals were waiting for the car in ambush and about 20 bullets were fired within four seconds.. 15 of them hit a car, two hit the driver in the leg.

According to investigators, the offender shot at the driver to stop the car and then finish off him and the passenger.

The Deputy Minister added that the FBI will provide assistance to Ukrainian law enforcement officers in the investigation of the assassination attempt on Shefir..

Yenin noted that he could not voice other information known to the investigation, so that the criminals would not use it..

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Shefir was shot so that political assassination created an atmosphere of fear for the president and his entourage - Gerashchenko.

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On the morning of September 22, unidentified persons fired at the car of the first assistant to the President of Ukraine Serhiy Shefir. He was not injured, the driver received bullet wounds in the leg..

The chief, together with the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the police, gave a joint briefing, during which he called the assassination attempt an attempt to intimidate the highest echelon of power.

The head of the National Police Igor Klimenko voiced three main versions of the motives of the crime: the political activity of the victim, attempts to put pressure on the current leadership of the country and attempts to destabilize the situation in Ukraine. The criminal proceedings were registered under Art. 115 UCU - attempted murder of two or more persons.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the assassination attempt on his close friend an unsuccessful attempt at intimidation and promised a "