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| Ukrainian government official Volodymyr Pavlenko shot near his home |
| 2021-06-05 |
| Direct translation of the article [Korrespondent] A top agency official was attacked outside his own home. Unidentified persons fired several shots and fled. The deputy head of the National Agency of Ukraine for the Identification, Search and Management of Assets Received from Corruption and Other Crimes (ARMA) Volodymyr Pavlenko was shot near his own house. This was announced on Friday evening, June 4, by the press service of ARMA on Facebook . It is noted that Pavlenko was hospitalized with moderate injuries. The incident took place in the morning of June 2, but it became known only now. The attack took place near the house where Pavlenko lives. "According to information from law enforcement agencies, unidentified persons fired several shots from firearms, as a result of which Pavlenko received moderate injuries. Now the official is in the hospital, his condition is stable, there is no threat to his life," the statement said. ARMA noted that they hope for the fastest and most effective response from law enforcement agencies to identify, arrest and punish the perpetrators. Earlier it was reported that ARMA had appointed a new manager of the arrested part of the Medvedchuk pipe. We will remind, at the beginning of the year in ARMA stated that the unknown communicated on behalf of their leadership: The National Agency for the Identification, Search and Management of Assets Received from Corruption and Other Crimes (ARMA) stated that unknown persons on behalf of the leadership were in official communication with regional divisions. This was announced on Thursday, January 28, by the press service of ARMA. "Recently, unidentified persons on behalf of the leadership have initiated official communication with the heads of the interregional territorial offices of ARMA. The attackers tried to provoke officials to discuss certain aspects of the Agency's activities," the message says. On the basis of these facts, ARMA applied to law enforcement agencies with a statement about the commission of crimes. As suggested in ARMA, the attackers could collect materials for their further use to discredit the Agency's management. "The planned nature of the discrediting action is evidenced by its serial nature and its focus at the same time on a certain circle of people," the ARMA noted, stressing that it is not the first time that the National Agency has become the object of destructive actions of interested parties aimed at countering the initiatives and decisions of the department. |
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