““This is my considered decision, dictated solely by the need to ensure objectivity and trust in the results of the investigation,” Gudima’s statement reads.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“This is my considered decision, dictated solely by the need to ensure objectivity and trust in the results of the investigation,” the statement reads.
Gudyma added that the memory of the dead “obliges us to act as responsibly and impartially as possible.”
Oleg Gudyma was appointed to the position of the head of the State Security Service in the Cherkasy region in April 2024. Prior to that, he headed the Darnytsia Police Department in Kyiv for several years.
On January 27, it became known that four policemen were killed in Cherkasy region, and another was injured during the arrest of a murder suspect.
Later, in a comment to Suspilny, the head of the Main Department of the National Police in the region, Oleg Gudyma, said that the dead suspect is a local resident, a 59-year-old former military serviceman, who was suspected of involvement in an assassination attempt in December 2025 in the Korsun district.
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Serhii Rusinov shot, his brother, former secretary of the Cherkasy City Council from the party, wrote about it on Facebook “Freedom»Yaroslav Nyshchyk.
Nyshchik claims that Rusinov had a personal conflict with Korsun city council member Vitaly Storozhuk.
He “tried to take away from Serhiy the land that he cultivated as a small farmer… Storozhuk repeatedly tried to hang crimes on Rusinov in order to once and for all get rid of the person who was interfering with doing things,” writes Yaroslav Nyshchik.
Vitaly Storozhuk stated that he was under an information attack, and that he “never had and could not have” a conflict with Serhii Rusinov.
On February 1, veterans went to a rally in Cherkasy under OVA, demanding the resignation of the regional leadership of the National Police, an objective investigation into the circumstances of the event, the prosecution of those involved in the veteran’s death, and the return of his body for a dignified burial.