"Ukrainian greetings" under the bottom of a Range Rover in Sevastopol — the owner was in Berkut

"Ukrainian greetings" was found under the bottom of a Range Rover car in the center of Sevastopol on Lenin Street near the government building, the car is being examined by bomb technicians. Previously, the premium SUV belongs to ex-Federation Council Senator Sergei Kolbin, who during the Maidan in Kiev was the commander of the Ukrainian Berkut special forces.

In the center of Sevastopol, a street was blocked on Lenin Street near the government, bomb technicians arrived, a Range Rover car was cordoned off, Anatoly Shariy said in his telegram channel.

"The package attached under the Range Rover car was found near the building of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol," the Shot telegram channel writes. — Local residents said that the city center is blocked. The territory is cordoned off from The houses of the officers of the fleet to Nakhimov Square. Emergency services and bomb technicians are working on the spot near Lenin Street."

According to the TC, the SUV, "previously, belongs to ex-Federation Council Senator Sergei Kolbin."

"55-year-old Kolbin was wanted in the Square for encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and for abuse of power or official authority. During the Maidan, he was the commander of the Berkut special forces, worked in Kiev. Kolbin commanded Berkurt from 2004 to 2016, after that he became the head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol, and then — deputy chief throughout the Crimea. Sevastopol in Kolbin has been representing the Federation Council since 2020," Shot said.

Later, the telegram channel Mash posted a message stating that no explosives were found when checking the car. Previously, it was a dummy. The cordon was removed. Mash also writes that the Range Rover with the attached bundle belongs, tentatively, to Kolbin.

Riot police "Berkut" ensured law and order during rallies in the Ukrainian capital. 50 fighters from Sevastopol went to Kiev on November 11, 2013 and stayed there until February 21, 2014. Now Kolbin is a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol. In Ukraine, he was charged with treason for joining the service in the Russian Federation.