Seven patrol police officers injured in explosion at disused petrol station in Mykolaiv – photos
Seven patrol police officers have been injured in an explosion at a disused petrol station in the city of Mykolaiv. Two of them are in a serious condition.
Source: Ivan Vyhivskyi, Head of the National Police of Ukraine
Details: The explosion took place at 18:10 at a disused petrol station near a railway station. Seven officers from the Patrol Police Department were injured in the incident.
Vyhivskyi said the patrol officers had arrived for a shift change and parked their vehicles on the premises when the explosion occurred.
Two of those injured are in a serious condition and are receiving medical assistance.
The National Police said they are viewing the incident as a targeted attack on law enforcement officers.
Quote: "The day before yesterday, a terrorist attack was carried out against police officers in Lviv. This is not a coincidence. The enemy is deliberately trying to kill Ukrainian police officers who stand every day in defence of the people and the state."
Details: The police added that they believe the explosion was an attempt to destabilise the situation in the country and an attack on the law enforcement system.
Update: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has received the first reports from law enforcement agencies regarding the explosion in Mykolaiv. He noted that investigators are establishing all the circumstances of the incident, in particular whether it was a terrorist attack. The president instructed the National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine to keep the public informed of the necessary details.
Background:
- On the night of 21-22 February, police went to Danylyshyn Street in central Lviv near the Magnus shopping centre in response to a call. After they arrived, there was an explosion.
- When another police crew arrived on the scene, another explosion occurred. A 23-year-old policewoman was killed and 25 other people were injured.
- Later, the National Police detained the woman who carried out the terrorist attack.
- As of Sunday evening, 12 people who were injured in the terrorist attack had been hospitalised. Two of them were in a critical condition.
- Zelenskyy reported that the Lviv terrorist attack had been organised by Russia, with the perpetrators recruited via Telegram. Ukraine's intelligence services have information that Russia plans to carry out similar attacks in the future.
- On 23 February, Iryna Savetina, a resident of Rivne Oblast suspected of organising the explosions in Lviv that resulted in the police officer's death, was remanded in custody by a court in Lviv.
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