In Ukraine, the Commander of the Ukrainian National Guard has offered his resignation shortly after a series of murders took place in the central city of Dnipro involving the organisation led by him, Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reports.
Mykola Balan, the Commander of the Ukrainian National Guard, announced the move on Thursday, January 27. «Given that the commander is responsible for any actions, be they good or bad, this morning I wrote a report to the interior minister asking the president of Ukraine to dismiss me as the commander of the National Guard», Balan noted adding that the commander of the regiment where the tragedy occurred, his deputy in charge of work with personnel and the chief of staff were suspended from their duties for the time of the investigation.
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On the night to Thursday, in a suspected National Guard conscript, 20, is assumed to have shot dead four servicemen and a civilian woman, as well as wounded another five at the Pivdenmash aerospace plant in Dnipro.
The gunman fled the scene, but has been caught in the adjacent town of Pidhorodne. As to the wounded victims, four of them have undergone surgery and two of them remain in a critical condition, Ukrinform reports.
After Dnipro shooting, Ukrainian National Guard Commander resigns
