The thing in Ukraine also has ridiculously tough responsibility for body injuries. I can't comment on specific laws concerning police, but can on self-defense.

The thing in Ukraine also has ridiculously tough responsibility for body injuries. I can't comment on specific laws concerning police, but can on self-defense. Basically if someone tries to rob you and you break robbers arm you can be hold criminally liable. This comes as a Soviet legacy, there's some push to change the laws in question.