During the mass events on 8 and 9 May for the various offenses in the police departments were delivered to 89 people. In five regions of the country, law enforcement officers opened eight criminal proceedings, Deputy Head of the National Police of Ukraine Oleksandr Fatsevich said at a departmental video-selector meeting.

According to him, over two thousand mass events took place within two days on the initiative of state authorities and local self-government, 700 thousand citizens took part in it. At the same time, public safety and order was provided by more than 30,000 police officers and 3,500 National Guard servicemen.

"In general, the events in the state were calm, half less active than in previous years. This is evidenced by the insignificant number of participants in shares in most regions, far fewer conflict situations, and, as a result, the detained citizens, the minimum number of injured, "the press service of the ministry quotes the deputy head of the National Police.

Alexander Fatsevich thanked the law enforcers for the fruitful work and noted that the modern equipment helped to ensure order during the May holidays. In particular, law enforcement officers used three special vehicles of visual observation and a police helicopter.

Despite the measures taken, the policemen failed completely to avoid collisions.

Thus, the Investigative Directorate of the Prosecutor's Office of the Dnepropetrovsk region has already started a criminal proceeding on the fact of excess of power by the employees of the National Police of Dnipropetrovsk.

They are charged with part 2 of Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - willful committing of actions that go beyond the limits of the granted official powers during the celebrations in the Dnieper on May 9, 2017.

Investigators of the prosecutor's office combined this criminal proceedings with others registered on the facts of hooliganism, mass riots and bodily harm to a deputy of the regional council that were committed on the same day. They are qualified under Articles 296, 294 and 350 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

At the present time urgent urgent investigative investigative actions are being carried out.

"All versions are being verified, including the organizers of the criminal offense, the persons who directly hired" titles ", as well as the sources of funding," Roman Tokark, the deputy prosecutor of the Dnepropetrovsk region, commented to the media representatives.

The investigation is under the control of the Dnipropetrovsk regional prosecutor's office. "The investigation into the abuse of authority has been initiated, and every action of the police, including the leaders who were involved in security during the mass events, will be legally assessed," said the deputy prosecutor.