Official Detained After Shooting Inside City Council in Central Ukraine

Police in Ukraine’s Kirovohrad region are investigating a shooting inside the Svitlovodsk City Council building that injured two people. Authorities say a city official allegedly opened fire during a dispute and has been detained. The case is being treated as hooliganism involving a weapon, with a prison sentence of up to seven years. Make us preferred on Google Flip Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko walks outside a supermarket following a shooting in Kyiv on April 18, 2026. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google Police in central Ukraine have launched a criminal investigation into a shooting inside the Svitlovodsk City Council building in the Kirovohrad region that left two people injured, authorities said. According to Oksana Kovtunenko, a spokesperson for the Kirovohrad State Police Department, officers received a report of the incident at around 11:48 a.m. local time on Monday, according to Ukrinform . Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “It is preliminarily known that there was a conflict between the employees of the city council, as a result of which one of them fired several shots,” she reported . Preliminary findings suggest that three men entered the office of the first deputy mayor, where a conflict broke out between the official and the visitors. During the altercation, the official allegedly used a traumatic gun, firing several shots in the direction of the visitors. Two individuals were wounded in the incident and were taken to medical facilities for treatment, police said. Law enforcement officials detained the city official, and the weapon used in the shooting was seized as evidence. Investigators have opened criminal proceedings under Part 4 of Article 296 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, which covers hooliganism involving the use of weapons. The charge carries a potential penalty of three to seven years in prison. Reports indicate that the confrontation may have followed a dispute involving the first deputy mayor Serhiy Savych and city council secretary Maksym Bakumenko, though officials have not yet confirmed the exact details. Other Topics of Interest Russian Spy Arrested Within Ukraine's Security Service Ukrainian authorities detained an SBU officer suspected of leaking classified information to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Prosecutors said the officer allegedly passed data on Ukrainian operatives, counterintelligence activities and sensitive targets through Telegram over several months during wartime. Authorities said investigative actions are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the incident. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization since 1995. Its international market reach of 97% outside of Ukraine makes it truly Ukraine’s Global – and most reliable – Voice.