Law enforcement officers attempted to involve veterans in negotiations with a former serviceman who shot dead four police officers and wounded another during an arrest operation in the Cherkasy region on January 27. “When law enforcement officers were on their way to conduct investigative actions involving the serviceman, they contacted veterans so that they could simply talk to him. This requires a complete reassessment of how law enforcement agencies operate in this context, as well as veteran policy in general. There was a trial, and apparently some misunderstandings with law enforcement remained. Later, Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Cherkasy region Oleh Hudyma clarified that the shooting at law enforcement officers was carried out by a former serviceman.