On the night of January 8, a mass brawl occurred between military and civilians in Kyiv, Ukrainian News reported, citing the head of the board of the All-Ukrainian Center for Assistance to ATO Participants, Alexey Lipiridi.
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“And this is what happened: a group of young people of 25-27 years old, having had a good time, decided to express their respect to the girls. Other young people aged 20-22 did not like this and the conflict escalated into a fight. We ran to the place and began to calm people down. They had everything there - fists, kicks in the face, a beer glass instead of a hammer and gas canisters, and we just stood between the fighters and separated them,” said Lipiridi.
According to him, one of the parties to the conflict were Ukrainian military personnel.
“Based on some signs, we realized that the older guys were military. I dialed the commandant of Kyiv and asked for a patrol. But the unexpected happened - the tailbones stood up for the military and asked to cancel the patrol. Like, it doesn’t happen to anyone. Ok, cancelled. After much bickering, the officers seemed to heed the persuasion and went on their way,” the head of the board of the All-Ukrainian Center for Assistance to ATO Participants shared the details, adding that the incident did not end there.
“The police left. We still stayed in place, and for good reason. The military has returned. And again the “panic button” went off, and again the security police arrived, and again, the DSO officers asked not to call the commandant’s office. Like, give the guys a second chance, don’t ruin them. And again we agreed and gave him a third chance,” Lipiridi said.
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