A video has surfaced online showing that during yesterday’s terrorist attack in Kyiv, two police officers simply ran away after the first shots, leaving civilians, including a child, without protection.

5 comments

1. I’m not going to judge because you need to run for cover first before you can help others. It was an ambush. Taking a bullet for someone or trying to drag them to safety will just get you both killed.

   Especially when the bad guy has a beat on you, you’re not sure where the shooting is coming from, and you haven’t even got a chance to draw your weapon.

2. They did nothing wrong. Its not like they were sitting around for hours thinking what should they do.

3. It’s simple. They don’t always have weapons with them. How can you help with the pepper spray against a rifle?

4. Yeah? That’s standard procedure?

   They didn’t know the situation, how many shooters there were, where they were, what the targets were etc. not to mention that these were street cops, not SWAT or specialists or whatever.

   You always fall back and take stock of the situation before formulating a plan. If they had run in blindly, the odds of increased casualties, including themselves, just increases

5. How well trained are Ukrainian Police for these types of situations? Is this purely cowardice? If they haven’t trained for it, I can’t blame them. Everyone thinks they are Christian Craighead until the bullets start flying. You need to be well trained to overcome your natural reaction, and for some, that is to run.