Rakhiv District

He hung it from a tree and struck it 30 times with a stick: a 19-year-old man in the Rakhiv district will stand trial for the brutal murder of a dog

A young man, along with a minor accomplice, tortured a dog in the woods and filmed the assault on a smartphone, explaining his actions by saying that the dog was “barking loudly.” The prosecutor’s office is seeking his arrest. In Zakarpattia, law enforcement officials exposed and brought criminal charges against

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Operational Situation on the Western Border: Summary for November 5

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Western Regional Directorate) has released summary statistics on passenger and vehicle traffic along the western sections of the state border over the past 24 hours, as of November 5. A total of 65,000 people and 17,000 vehicles crossed Ukraine’s border with European Union

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In Zakarpattia, as part of the “Gentlemen” special operation, authorities seized more than half a kilogram of cannabis and 246 cannabis plants

As part of the second phase of a nationwide special operation codenamed “Gentlemen,” law enforcement officers in Zakarpattia conducted a series of sting operations and exposed a group of individuals involved in drug trafficking. In total, operatives from the Anti-Drug Crime Department, together with investigators and operatives from local police

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He broke into a home, beat and robbed an 83-year-old woman: a 22-year-old robber will stand trial in Zakarpattia

A young man broke into a pensioner’s home in Velykyi Bychkiv, used force, took cash and gold, and fled into the forest. Police investigators have completed their investigation—the assailant faces up to 15 years in prison. Investigators from the Rakhiv District Police Department, under the procedural supervision of the Tyachiv

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Deadly Riding Without a License: Five Child Motorcyclists Have Died in Accidents in Zakarpattia Since the Start of the Year

Over the past 9 months, more than 30 criminal cases have been opened due to accidents involving teenagers. The prosecutor’s office and law enforcement agencies are stepping up raids and will hold parents accountable for purchasing motor vehicles for their children. Alarming statistics on teenage traffic injuries have forced law

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A $10,000 “service package”: In Zakarpattia, a police security officer was caught “clearing” records in the “Oberig” system and smuggling them to Romania

A technician at a government-run service station promised, for a fee, to have a person’s name removed from the wanted list at the Territorial Recruitment Center and to arrange for them to cross the border into a neighboring country. The broker was detained, and the case files regarding the military

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