Handziuk case: Kherson deputy governor Ryschuk quits office. DOCUMENT

Deputy Head of Kherson Regional Administration Yevhen Ryschuk submitted resignation.

Censor.NET reports citing Yevhen Ryschuk's Facebook post. 

Deputy Head of Kherson Regional Administration Yevhen Ryschuk following Head of Kherson Regional Administration Andriy Hordieiev tendered his resignation.

He said that he had worked in this position for three years, "three fruitful years of joint teamwork," noting that during this period much has been done for the region.

"I will continue working for people, only in the role of deputy of the regional council," Ryschuk also said.

As for the organization of the murder of Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk, the deputy head of the Regional Administration expressed the conviction that "sooner or later we will find a person who really ordered the murder."

"I told everything to Ukraine's SBU State Security service. I took a polygraph and am ready to help everyone who is looking for the person who really ordered the murder," he said.

On April 5, Hordieiev resigned from the post of head of the Kherson Regional Administration of his own volition.

Kherson City Council executive officer, Kateryna Handziuk who tried to deal with local separatists and harshly criticized the authorities, namely the law enforcement officials, was doused with acid in Kherson early on July 31.

Kateryna had been constantly threatened before the attack, and she suspected that she might be attacked in the near future. "I spent three months with Kateryna, and these three surnames sounded all the time - Manher, Hordieiev, and Ryshchuk. They did their business together, had a rest together, ate, drank, went to restaurants, saunas, and some of them said that they needed to kill her, others agreed. There is no doubt they know everything," her father said.

Aug. 2, she was urgently taken from Kherson to Kyiv by an air ambulance.

Aug. 3, the police detained a person suspected of perpetrating attack on the activist.

Nov. 4, Handziuk reportedly died of a blood clot in a Kyiv-based hospital after long treatment.