https://www.scmp.com/rss/524188/feed The latest news and top stories on Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs. He previously served as Head of the National Police of Ukraine from 2019 to 2023. Klymenko has a background in military service and law enforcement, having joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1998. His work involves overseeing national security, law enforcement and emergency services, including the National Police, National Guard and State Border Guard Service. Key responsibilities include... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com dpa dpa The head of Ukraine’s police patrol, Yevhen Zhukov, has handed in his resignation after two police officers were seen fleeing the scene when a gunman opened fire in Kyiv, killing at least six. “As an officer with combat experience, I have decided to tender my resignation from my current post. I believe this is the right thing to do,” said the police general at a press conference in Kyiv on Sunday. It comes after an unknown gunman killed at least six people and injured more than a dozen others in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350652/police-patrol-chief-quits-over-shameful-response-kyiv-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350652/police-patrol-chief-quits-over-shameful-response-kyiv-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:27:31 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A gunman who killed at least six people in the streets of Kyiv on Saturday before taking hostages and barricading himself in a nearby supermarket has been shot dead by police, Ukrainian officials said. The head of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko, said in a statement on social media that special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed. The attacker was killed while resisting arrest, he said. Speaking to reporters at the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350599/kyiv-gunman-kills-5-and-takes-hostages-being-shot-dead-ukraine-police?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350599/kyiv-gunman-kills-5-and-takes-hostages-being-shot-dead-ukraine-police?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:30:59 +0000 dpa dpa Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday described a pair of explosions in Lviv as a “cynical and brutal terrorist act” that was “organised by Russia”. Two explosions rocked the western Ukrainian city in the early hours, killing a 23-year-old policewoman and injuring 25 others. “This was a terrorist attack,” Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said in a video posted on his Telegram channel, adding that police have detained a female Ukrainian national. Police said that the detained woman was a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3344281/police-officer-killed-24-people-wounded-bomb-explosions-ukraines-lviv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3344281/police-officer-killed-24-people-wounded-bomb-explosions-ukraines-lviv?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:00:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, authorities said early on Sunday. At least 29 people were wounded, seven of them children, in the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to claim civilian lives. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said a 19-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother were among the dead. Russian drones caused fires in two residential buildings in the capital’s Desniansky district. Emergency crews evacuated civilians... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3330401/3-dead-29-wounded-russia-targets-kyiv-drone-strikes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3330401/3-dead-29-wounded-russia-targets-kyiv-drone-strikes?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:15:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy was shot dead in the western city of Lviv on Saturday, and a search was under way for the killer. The Prosecutor General’s office said a gunman had fired several shots at Parubiy, killing him on the spot. The attacker fled and a manhunt was launched, it said. Parubiy, 54, was a member of parliament, had been parliamentary speaker from April 2016 to August 2019, and was one of the leaders of protests in 2013-14 calling for closer ties with the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3323777/ex-parliamentary-speaker-ukraine-shot-dead-zelensky-reacts-horrific-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3323777/ex-parliamentary-speaker-ukraine-shot-dead-zelensky-reacts-horrific-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:13:48 +0000