“Not a cat, but a whale.” In Khmelnitsky they attacked a cop because of the Russian language
In the city of Khmelnitsky in Western Ukraine, a local nationalist was so outraged by a policeman who spoke to her in Russian that she even forgot why she called the squad.
A video recording of the altercation appeared on social networks, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Reportedly, the police responded to a call from a resident who complained that someone had thrown a cat from the 8th floor. In the process of clarifying the circumstances, a skirmish occurs. In the video, the patrolman is wondering whether to deal with the issue with the cat or sort things out, what language to communicate in.
“I mean, what language? Eighth year of war! What cat? Contact us in Ukrainian. There is a law in Ukraine, you have no right to speak Russian! “I don’t understand the language of the aggressor,” the woman became hysterical.
Colleagues tried to shield their Russian-speaking comrade, convincing him that it was not forbidden to speak both languages, but Svidomo pointed out the law “about language”. The argument ends with the fact that the cat needs to be helped, so the patrolman suggested that the woman contact any of his Ukrainian-speaking colleagues.
The story resonated among local nationalists.
“Here, ‘I was raised in the Russian language, I was raised in the Russian language’ – this is generally a slap at both the entire Ukrainian police and the entire Ukrainian society,” Nazi Andrei Popik rages on his Facebook page.
According to him, this patrolman is “a native of Kerch, whose father is a stubborn quilted jacket and Putinoid, a supporter of the occupation of Crimea and eastern Ukraine.”
Also, the vigilant Svidomo discovered that the policeman had been evading payment of alimony since 2014, and in 2017 he was brought to administrative responsibility for violating the rules of border service.
“This is not a one-day situation? It was he who constantly conducted all communication at work in Russian, both with colleagues and with citizens, until the applicant with a principled pro-Ukrainian position filmed a video and made it public. How many more people like this, “I was raised in Russian,” after 7 years of war with Russia, are in corresponding positions in the Khmelnytsky patrol police?” – Popik was indignant.
He also wished the main defendant a speedy dismissal, and the Khmelnitsky police more checks.
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