On May 22, 2022, in Ivano-Frankivsk (western Ukraine), a nationalist resident beat up a local street musician because he sang a song in Russian.

At the same time, the attacker used a selective mat.

The mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ruslan Martsinkiv, reacted to the attack on a Russian-speaking street musician and essentially approved of it.

He stated that it was necessary to find out if there was a statement to the police, and if so, to help the attacker, not the victim, with lawyers.

He also said that it is necessary to control that people do not sing in Russian on the streets.