Cars with refugees at the exit from Mariupol. File photoMOSCOW, May 20.Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, admitted that cars of drunken citizens have been illegally seized at Ukrainian checkpoints for the past two months and said that it is necessary to pass a law that would make this procedure legal.According to the data portal of the Verkhovna Rada, a draft law was submitted to the Ukrainian parliament on May 17, which, if adopted, will allow the confiscation of cars from drivers who were driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Facts of mass desertion of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern direction became known»Over the past two months, in a number of regions, such a quasi-legal decision has been made at checkpoints that if they catch a drunk while driving, the car is taken to benefit of the armed forces of Ukraine,» Denisenko said on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel. According to him, at first, «this story is very drove many people in the literal sense» and «the number of such crimes decreased», but then the number of drunk driving increased sharply again. Denisenko also said that «such a bill is needed, it is absolutely normal and should normalize the situation on the roads.»
