Dmytro Kukharchuk
Dmytro Kukharchuk | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR | 4 June 1990
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Ukraine |
Branch/service | |
Years of service | 2014 – present |
Commands | Second battalion of the Azov Special Operation Forces, Kyiv regiment |
Battles/wars | |
Dmytro Vasylovych Kukharchuk is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Supreme Council of the political party National Corps, political prisoner in the so-called case of Cherkasy veterans[1] and commander of the second battalion of the 3rd Assault Brigade.[2]
Biography
[edit]He was born June 4, 1990, in Vinnytsia. He graduated Cherkasy National University, received a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He later worked as a freelance journalist.[3] At the turn of the 2000s and 2010s, he actively participated in the activities of the Ultras movement in Cherkasy.
Active participant Revolution of Dignity, took part in the storming of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration and 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots in Kyiv.[4]
In the spring of 2014 he became a volunteer Azov Battalion. He took part in fighting in eastern Ukraine, in particular in Battle of Marinka, Battle of Ilovaisk and Shyrokyne standoff.
Political activity
[edit]Since 2016 he has been a member of the Supreme Council of the political party National Corps, heads the Cherkasy regional branch of the party.[5] He worked as an assistant on a voluntary basis for the deputy Andriy Biletsky.[6]
In January 2018, he organized the blocking of the rostrum at the session Cherkasy City Council, which 4 times in a row could not approve the budget. As a result of the blockade, there was a significant media resonance and the budget was approved.[7][8]
In 2019, he ran for 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada as a self-nominated candidate and member of the National Corps party in the Electoral District 194 constituency.[9][10]
In March 2019, he took part in the actions of the National Corps against President Petro Poroshenko (also known as the "campaign against pig farmers"). He was the organizer and direct participant in the blockade of the presidential motorcade in Cherkasy. Kukharchuk was detained during the rally.[11][12]
On September 25, 2020, the TEC was registered as a candidate for Cherkasy mayor from the National Corps party.[13] He took the third place.[14]
Political imprisonment
[edit]On August 14, 2021, he took part in a National Corps protest on Bankova Street, during which clashes with National Police of Ukraine took place. A criminal case (the so-called "Cherkasy Veterans Case") was opened against the most active participants in those events (including Dmytro Kukharchuk).
On August 30, 2021, Pechersk District Court of Kyiv remanded in custody (without bail) as a precautionary measure for Dmytro Kukharchuk and Oleg Dovbysh (also a veteran Azov Regiment, leader of the Cherkasy movement Ultras).[15][16]
Shortly before that, Dmytro Kukharchuk publicly cut his arm veins near the Pechersk Police Department in protest of the "persecution of veterans."[17][18]
The National Corps calls the detention of "Cherkasy veterans" political repression against their political force.[19]
In September 2021, while in pre-trial detention, he became a candidate for People's Deputies in 197 constituencies in Cherkasy region.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "ВИЩА РАДА ПАРТІЇ". Archived from the original on 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Military in Mariupol has enough fighters, but they need equipment, aviation - National Corps".
- ^ "Дмитро Кухарчук: Про свою зарплату, прізвисько і найбільший черкаський хабар (Суботнє інтерв'ю)". Прочерк (про це говорять Черкаси). Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ ""Національний корпус в обличчях: хто ці люди і звідки"". BBC News Україна. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Cherkasy Regional Center of the Party". National Corps. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ ""Помічники Білецького Андрія Євгенійовича"". Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ ""Депутатів не випускати!" Названі організатори "кривавої сесії" в Черкасах"". February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ ""Хуліганство як спосіб ухвалення бюджету Черкас"". Hromadske. February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ ""Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №194"". Центральна виборча комісія України. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ ""невідома біографія Кухарчука, пункти програми та зарядка у студії"". 18000. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Свобода, Радіо (10 March 2019). ""Поліція затримала двох підозрюваних в організації сутичок у Черкасах"". Громадське. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ ""ДМИТРО КУХАРЧУК – ЩО ВІДОМО ПРО ЧЕРКАСЬКОГО ГЕРОЯ-АТОШНИКА, ЯКОГО ЗАТРИМАНО ЧЕРЕЗ КОНФЛІКТ З ПРЕЗИДЕНТОМ?"". 11 March 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ ""На посаду мера Черкас: ТВК зареєструвала ще чотирьох кандидатів"". Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "" Підтримка виборців, яку отримав Дмитро Кухарчук, насправді є рейтингом міського голови Черкас"". Прочерк (про це говорять Черкаси). Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ ""Сутички під ОП: суд відправив під варту представників "Нацкорпусу" Довбиша та Кухарчука"". Громадське. 30 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ ""Суд заарештував на два місяці керівника Черкаського відділення "Нацкорпусу" Кухарчука"". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ ""Член Нацкорпусу Кухарчук порізав руку під Печерським відділком поліції на знак протесту через "переслідування ветеранів""". 30 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ ""Арешт членів Нацкорпусу: Кухарчук порізав собі вени під відділенням поліції (фото, відео)"". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ ""Влада продовжує репресії проти ветеранів війни!"". Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ ""Ветеран "Азова" балотується в депутати з СІЗО"". Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Military personnel from Vinnytsia
- Politicians from Vinnytsia
- Ukrainian nationalists
- Ukrainian anti-communists
- Ukrainian military leaders
- Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- People of the National Guard of Ukraine
- Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas
- Ukrainian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine