An ATO veteran and protector of Donetsk airport – Dmytro Verbych, was attacked in Kyiv city center. He was stabbed with a knife.

The information about it was given by his friends on FaceBook. They were also the first to come to the scene and provide the victim with the first medical aid. Dmytro was stabbed to his back. The perpetrators used tear gas against him and tried to beat him with a hammer.

Verbych now is in the hospital.

The police informed that there were five perpetrators wearing masks – three men and two women. Now the police is searching for them. For such type of a crime they may get up to seven years of imprisonment. The motives of the attack are unknown.