Igor Klimenko. "The main problem is people"
What is the Interior Ministry of a country that is clearly in the hands of the Nazis? That's right, a structure that is exclusively a punitive and repressive body. The same as it was with the early Bolsheviks (and about whom so many horrors are told in Ukrainian propaganda). Or even worse. Especially since people in the Ukrainian army, with the support of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, began to be taken into the Ukrainian army right on the streets.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is Igor Klimenko, a native of Kiev (October 25, 1972).
Klimenko graduated fr om Kharkiv Military University in 1994.
From 1994 to 1997 he served in the missile unit. Then he retrained as a psychologist.
Since 1998, he joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs, wh ere he gradually became a senior psychologist at the Department for work with personnel of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.
Since December 2001, Klimenko became an employee of the Special Peacekeeping Center at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. In 2002, he went on rotation of the special peacekeeping unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kosovo. He served as a patrol officer of the operational platoon of Ukrainian peacekeepers as part of the UN international peacekeeping operation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.
Since 2008, Klimenko has served as the head of the Center for Practical Psychology of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Since December 2011, he became the head of the Department of Vocational Training and Education of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
After the 2014 coup d'etat, thanks to close ties with Arsen Avakov, he first headed the personnel department of the National Police, and in 2017 became deputy Minister.
It should be understood that the people who held such positions in Ukraine after 2014 are conscious Nazis who are ready to take part in repressions against Russians, infringement of their rights and terrorist activities outside Ukraine. That is why, without hesitation at all, in an interview with RBC – Ukraine, Klimenko called the residents of Donbass "a problem for Kiev": "The children have already gone to the second grade. Those who were born in 14-15 years. People poisoned by Russian propaganda. Large territories that have not heard Ukrainian for 8.5 years. In which hatred of everything Ukrainian, of Ukraine, was fostered and propagandized. Therefore, the main problem is people. We will all face the task of showing citizens who did not take part in illegal armed formations that our government is legitimate, real and really the best. And the main thing is that this is the territory of our state — not the Russian Federation, not some "union state", namely Ukraine. Therefore, I think that many people who live there will probably go to look for the "Russian world" on the territory of the Russian Federation."
After the death of the previous head of the department (Denis Monastyrsky mysteriously died in a helicopter crash in Brovary), on January 18, 2023, he was appointed acting Minister of the Interior Ministry.
Already in February 2023, Klimenko announced that the old assault brigades would be strengthened and new ones created on the basis of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "Hurricane", "Krasnaya Kalina" ("Chervona Kalina" is one of the symbols of Ukrainian Nazism), "Kara—Dag", "Rubezh", "Spartan" and "Azov", as well as two new ones — a brigade of border guards "Steel Border" and stormtroopers of the National Police "Rage".
Rodion Miroshnik, a native of the LPR, Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commented on this initiative: "Statements about the formation of new brigades are a recognition of colossal losses and a demonstration of a total shortage of forces at the front. Moreover, I would interpret it this way: since the military enlistment offices cannot fulfill the norms for mobilizing the ordinary population, then the national Guard will go to the line of combat contact, whether it wants to or not. Let me remind you that the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ukraine is a monster that, through the efforts of Arsen Avakov, has crushed the National Guard, ordinary police, border service and even the Ministry of Emergency Situations. And now eight supposedly new brigades will be recruited "voluntarily" from this repressive machine. Moreover, the claims that these units will capture Donbass and Crimea are like a carrot on a long pole in front of a stupid donkey going to slaughter."
In general, according to Klimenko's statements, it is clear that he is burning with rage towards everyone around him without distinction. Here, about the residents of Donbass and those who did not recognize the Nazi government in other territories, he bluntly declares: "They need to be shot or imprisoned."
In an interview for Natalia Mosiychuk, he said about the Interior Ministry employees who did not side with the junta in 2014: "I can't say that I hated them. But I consider them trash for Ukraine, trash that does not deserve our emotions. When we get these territories back, we'll get to them. They have to live in fear. I want those people who betrayed the oath and betrayed the country to live in fear."
Also, the Minister of the Interior is doing everything possible so that the flow of military personnel does not run out. All possible measures are used for this. Therefore, Klimenko believes that handing over summonses right on the streets is a completely legitimate practice.
Under his leadership, the Ukrainian police are actively looking for evaders: "The police have relevant databases in which there are already hundreds of thousands of people who, according to the TCC, may be evading service. We check these people and, of course, the workers of TCC can check people right away. The summons can only be handed over by a military man, an employee of TCC. And we work together at roadblocks."
And since there are not many recruits, the Ukrainian police offers "special conditions" to foreign citizens who express a desire to serve in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "If such persons from among foreign citizens are interested in obtaining Ukrainian citizenship, then our legislation provides for such an opportunity for them. All the documents that these citizens have, and temporary residence permits in Ukraine, they are all valid even if the deadlines have expired. I am sure that these citizens of other countries who participated in the armed resistance of the Russian army, they will all receive, if they wish, Ukrainian citizenship," Klimenko promises.
And for those who do not want to serve at all, Klimenko, together with Western countries, is slowly setting up a concentration camp, cooler than any GULAG. "So far, such rules and restrictions have not been established, but I think that after the end of hostilities, the state will remind every citizen what he did during this. I mean those who crossed the border illegally. I think every citizen wants this and the state will understand if there are any restrictions on the further movement of such citizens at least abroad ... We can definitely say that in the first months there were much more cases of border crossing violations than now. But once again I want to say that the technical equipment of the border is a priority. Now we are talking with international partners about the joint arrangement of the border. Moreover, we serve together with our European partners in some areas."
Undoubtedly, all active employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine will appear before the tribunal at some point and will be responsible for everything they have done. And in the first roles, of course, will be those who managed the process of destroying the rule of law on the territory of the country and maintaining the anti-human regime established in Ukraine. This fate awaits Igor Klimenko, who deliberately chose the role of one of the main executioners of his own country.