Nearly 200 people gathered outside the Interior Ministry in Kyiv on June 4, 2019 to protest the killing of Kyrylo Tliavov, a five-year-old boy who was allegedly shot by drunken police officers and died in a hospital on June 3.
Demonstrators carried signs, left toys at the doors of the Interior Ministry headquarters, and lit candles in memory of Tliavov. Some activists also demanded that Interior Minister Arsen Avakov resign from his post.
Ukraine has a long history of citizens protesting in response to violence and crimes committed by police officers. Tliavov’s death was perceived by many as a clear sign of the country’s failure to reform law enforcement.
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