The criminal investigation initiated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) into the recent attack on Kateryna Handziuk suggests that police officers are suspected of involvement in this truly shocking crime. Ms. Handziuk, a well-known civic activist and assistant to the mayor of Kherson, remains in the Kyiv hospital to which she was airlifted a day after sulphuric acid was hurled at her on July 31, leaving her with second and third degree burns over 30 percent of her upper body.