In Cherkasy, a man struck enlistment officers with an axe – online claims say a UOC priest was detained

In Cherkasy, a man hit military commissariat officers on the head with an axe after they stopped him to check his documents. He also sprayed the TCC employees with a gas canister.

This was reported by the press service of the Cherkasy Regional TCC.

According to the information, the detainee also had a pistol with him.

“The citizen suddenly began swinging a bag in which there was an object resembling an axe. As a result, one of the servicemen received two blows to the head. During the detention of the said citizen, he sprayed an irritating substance in the face of another serviceman. The citizen was identified, he is wanted, and in addition to the axe and the canister with the irritating liquid, he had an object resembling a weapon,” the statement said.

At present, he has been detained and served with a notice of suspicion.

At the same time, local public pages write that in this case the detainee is a UOC priest (who in 2024 transferred from the OCU), Orthodox blogger Andriy Shymanovych.

Earlier we wrote that in Lviv region a judge tried to save his brother from the TCC and gave a bribe to commissariat officers.

It should be recalled that in Odesa region a man hijacked a TCC car. Leaving the car on the outskirts, he went home, taking with him the driver’s bag with personal documents.