In St. Petersburg, authorities opened a criminal case against a man who attacked traffic police and then fled, a development reported by Mash through the Telegram channel Moika. The incident began when a patrol team in the Primorsky district stopped a Hyundai Solaris registered in Saratov. The driver was asked to exit the vehicle and accompany officers to the district department for questioning. Without warning, the situation escalated. The suspect confronted the inspectors with force, delivering multiple blows with his hands and feet and deliberately throwing one officer onto the asphalt using a technique associated with Sambo. He then took off on foot, vanishing from the scene.
Earlier, a separate confrontation involving the same driver occurred in the same vehicle, this time with another motorist who reportedly did not yield. Security footage and eyewitness statements indicate that the Hyundai Solaris attempted to breach a traffic jam by moving into the opposite lane, exacerbating the tension on the road and drawing the attention of nearby officers who were handling the stop. The sequence of events suggested a deliberate decision to confront law enforcement and escape rather than cooperate with the standard procedure for traffic stops. Authorities are reviewing dashcam recordings and interviewing witnesses to reconstruct the moments leading up to the flight and to determine whether the driver displayed further intent to resist arrest or cause harm. The Telegram feed continues to provide ongoing updates from official sources, noting that a criminal case has been opened against the Hyundai Solaris driver in connection with the assault on police personnel and the ensuing escape.
Additional reports from Mash describe a separate security development in Simferopol, where a person camouflaged and believed to be armed with an AK-47 was detained. The details of this incident have not been fully confirmed by official channels, but the information circulating through social media and messaging platforms indicates a broader context of safety operations and responses to armed threats in the region. Law enforcement officials are expected to release official statements as investigations progress, clarifying how these incidents relate to one another and what measures will be taken to prevent similar confrontations in the future.