Dobkin gets beat up in court / Youtube / Ukrainska Pravda
The incident occurred in a Kyiv court where the trial on a measure of restraint against Ukraine’s ex-Justice Minister Olena Lukash was underway as the MP from the Opposition Bloc, former governor of Kharkiv region, Mykhailo Dobkin, was punched in the face by an activist.
As reported by Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper, an unidentified man harshly criticized Dobkin in a heated monologue, for his stance during the Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv, and demanded that the official “apologize to the people."
After Dobkin began to appeal to the man, suggesting the activist “needs medical treatment,” the altercation escalated into physical abuse. Law enforcement officers rushed to separate the two sides to the conflict.