Former head coach of Dynamo and the Ukrainian national team Alexey Mikhailichenko commented on the incident in Kyiv, after which an employee of a utility company contacted the police with a statement of beating. The specialist claims that there was no physical violence on his part, and the conflict arose due to the actions of a housing office employee towards his wife.
According to Mikhailichenko, the problem arose during emergency work due to the lack of cold water in the house, while water supply had already been restored in neighboring buildings. He stated that the utility worker refused to complete the work and, during the conflict, hit his wife and insulted her, after which the woman called her husband.
“I talked to him like a man who hit and swore at my wife, and not like a plumber. When I approached, we grabbed each other by the breasts, but only with words. I didn’t hit him or assault him. After that, he continued to work for another half hour or hour, and then the police came to me. It turned out that he called an ambulance and wrote a statement against me,” Mikhailichenko said in an interview with Igor Burbas.
In addition, Burbas posted a comic photo on his Telegram channel, created by artificial intelligence, allegedly with the injured plumber.
Earlier, the metropolitan police announced the start of a pre-trial investigation into the fact of causing intentional minor bodily injury under the law.. 1 tbsp. 125 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. According to law enforcement officials, a 53-year-old housing office employee said that while working to restore heat supply in the Pechersky district of Kyiv, he was hit by a 62-year-old resident of the house, after which the victim was given a referral for a forensic medical examination.
The police have not officially named the person involved in the case, but media sources and Suspilny journalist Nadzhie Ametova previously wrote on social networks that it was Alexey Mikhailichenko who was involved in the incident. Investigative actions continue, law enforcement officers are establishing all the circumstances of the incident..