Prosecutor’s Office employee hits woman on Kyiv sidewalk, flees scene — detained shortly after

In Kyiv, an employee of the Prosecutor’s Office struck a woman in a pedestrian area and fled the scene. He has been detained, and Ukraine’s Prosecutor General has taken the case under personal control.

According to Ukrinform, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported the incident on Facebook.

“A shocking incident occurred in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital. A Prosecutor’s Office employee hit a pedestrian in a designated pedestrian zone on Velyka Vasylkivska Street. Violating both legal and moral norms, the driver hit a woman and fled the scene. He has now been detained,” Kravchenko wrote.

The victim is receiving all necessary medical assistance.

The driver was identified as Andrii Molochnyi, a senior specialist in one of the departments — a civil servant who works within the Prosecutor’s Office but is not a prosecutor.

“This is shocking. Let me stress once again: working in the Prosecutor’s Office is not a license for impunity — it’s a responsibility,” Kravchenko emphasized.

He said he has taken the case under his personal oversight and, as Prosecutor General, will represent the victim’s interests in court.

“Such behavior is a disgrace to the entire system. It must be punished severely — and I promise, it will be. The rule of law applies equally to everyone,” he stated, offering an apology for the disgraceful act committed by a member of the institution.

In a separate incident in Kyiv, a female driver lost control of her vehicle and drove onto a sidewalk, injuring a woman who was seated on a summer terrace.