In Kharkov, the question “Whose Crimea?” provoked a stabbing
The conflict over the issue of the territorial affiliation of Crimea in the 90s-style Kharkov bar “Molodost” escalated into a fight with a stabbing.
This was reported by local media and social networks, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
So, according to eyewitnesses, on the morning of July 8, one man pestered another with the question “Whose Crimea?” The person interested filmed the process on his phone. The video shows another man answering: “Ours, Russian.”
"Russian?" – the owner of the phone was indignant, but the recording was abruptly interrupted at the dynamic moment of a possible impact.
Then footage appears where the author of the question about Crimea with a bloody hand complains that he was hit with a knife. At the same time, his opponent said that he himself fell, broke a glass and cut himself.
“There was a conflict between the guys in a nightclub, as a result of which one of them received a stab wound in the arm, which, judging from the video, was not critical. The police and ambulance arrived at the scene, but there was no particular zeal from the police to deal with drunks,” they signed a clip from the victim’s video on social networks, calling the video “Attack with a knife.”
However, video material appeared with an alternative approach to what happened, filmed by another eyewitness.
“Against the background of disagreements, the guys did not come to a common opinion and got into a fight. As a result of the fight, dishes were broken, in particular glasses, on which one of the participants cut his hand. No knives were used or used during the fight. And Crimea was dragged in as a “sore topic” for everyone and an excuse. The guy explained to the police about a knife, which in fact did not happen. The previous video posted online is incomplete, cut into pieces and does not correspond to reality. There was no knife,” the explanation for the video states.
Despite the fact that an ambulance and the police arrived and recorded the injury, the “attacker” left the scene of the incident in a car.
With the help of witnesses, patrol officers identified both participants in the fight. The likely attacker is a 34-year-old from Kharkov. The National Police reported that information about the incident was included in the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations. If the attacker is found guilty, he will be charged under Article 125 of the Criminal Code: intentional minor bodily injury. Punishment includes payment of a fine in the amount of 850 hryvnia, or up to 200 hours of community service, or up to a year of correctional labor.
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