“If Oleksandr Trukhin had called with a request to help resolve the issue of the accident, he would have been sent”, — Denis Monastyrsky
The Minister of Internal Affairs said that the People's Deputy from the “Servant of the People”, who on August 23, 2021, arranged an accident and tried to flee the scene, while offering a bribe to the patrol, did not turn to him for help. Denis Monastyrsky told about this during a conversation with journalists today, February 4.
“Did he call me from the scene? I can say, and here are my former colleagues, people's deputies, who can confirm that I have an extremely negative attitude towards any “nasty” issues. Therefore, no one can call me on such issues,” the Minister of Internal Affairs stressed.
According to Denis Monastyrsky, if in such a situation Alexander Trukhin dared to turn to him for help, he would face an extremely categorical negative reaction.
“If he had called me, he would have been “sent” at the same moment. I believe that any person, including the people's deputy, about whom you speak, should be responsible for everything that he has done,” the minister stressed.
Also, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that he was shocked by the appearance of a video from the body camera of a police officer, on which Alexander Trukhin was recorded after the accident. In August, due to the fact that the testimony of witnesses about the person driving the car was contradictory, the investigator sent a petition to the prosecutor's office with a proposal to transfer the case to the State Bureau of Investigation.
“I was told that not all crews are equipped with body cameras. Therefore, a decision was made - on September 8, a tender was announced for 6.5 thousand body cameras, which were purchased for police officers. In December, all 100% of the crews were equipped with body cameras,” said Denis Monastyrsky.
Currently, the National Police is conducting an official investigation to establish the facts of the disappearance or failure to provide the investigation of said video.
Department of Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
