Video reveals brutal assault on Ukrainian soldier in Smila
A video has been published on the internet, showing a young man repeatedly striking a soldier in the town of Smila in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine. What provoked such anger in the man?
The victim of the assault was Anatoliy Honcharenko, a resident of Smila and a Ukrainian soldier who served in one of the combat units of the Special Operations Forces but was later demobilised for family reasons.
Honcharenko's involvement in the war is also evident from his social media profile, which is filled with photos and videos of combat activities and preparations.
At the end of August, Anatoliy Honcharenko published a post where he was looking for a car with foreign number plates. According to Honcharenko, the driver of this car caused an accident involving his parents.
The matter escalated further, as after Honcharenko published this post, a scandalous incident occurred. In the video shared on the website censoret.net, we see Honcharenko being repeatedly struck by a man.
The person who beat him was likely the driver of the car he was looking for.
An unknown man mocks the soldier and forces him to apologise because, according to him, "he compromised him with all his bravery." Furthermore, in the recording, the kneeling soldier affixes the number plates back onto the man's car. It turned out that Honcharenko had removed these number plates from the car he was seeking, which sparked the conflict.
Shocking scenes in Ukraine. Soldier apologised to the man
Honcharenko's apologies are also on the same video, recorded in another location. In it, he apologises to the "boys" and claims that his parents "were mistaken." In the same video, clear signs of beating are visible on his face.
It's worth noting that the residents of Smila quickly identified the person mocking the soldier and forcing him to apologise. The attacker was Vadim Dolotenko, who has connections with the criminal world.
Another person can be seen in the video, who, along with Dolotenko, strikes the soldier. However, the identity of this perpetrator could not be determined.
