Destruction of the metro in Kyiv — what the prosecutor's office says.

The Director of the Transport Infrastructure Department of the Kyiv City State Administration has been suspected of official negligence due to the emergency state of the metro tunnel in Kyiv. Currently, a pre-trial investigation into this case is ongoing, and the prosecutor's office is keeping it under control.Iryna Vynokurova from the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office stated that the investigation regarding the emergency state of the metro tunnel in Kyiv is ongoing. A case has been opened against the official of the Kyiv City State Administration for official negligence.In December 2023, due to the emergency state of the tunnel between the 'Demiyivska' and 'Lybidska' stations, metro movement was suspended. It was established that the official did not control the situation and did not react to the threat of an emergency event. This led to losses in the city budget amounting to 164 million UAH."I would like to note that in this situation, which led to the closure of the metro stations, as early as last summer we announced two suspicions against officials of the metro who were supposed to respond in a timely manner to the events occurring in the tunnel and somehow stop the destruction"Additionally, within the framework of the criminal proceedings regarding the Kyiv metro and its suspension, one of the suspicions concerns the director of the Transport Infrastructure Department of the Kyiv City State Administration. The prosecutor's office is carefully studying this case. It was previously disclosed that the Kyiv City State Administration was already aware of the problem with the destruction of the metro.The official of the Kyiv City State Administration has been informed of the suspicion due to his official negligence, which led to the destruction of the metro tunnel.At the end of 2023, the Director of the Transport Infrastructure Department of the Kyiv City State Administration received a suspicion of official negligence due to the emergency state of the metro tunnel in Kyiv. The prosecutor's office keeps the case under control, and the investigation is ongoing.