Celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Honoring Retirees and Veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Police of Ukraine took place at Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. They were attended by the university's leadership headed by Rector, Police General of the Third Rank Valerii Sokurenko, People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleksandr Bakumov, Deputy Chief of Kharkiv Region, Police Colonel Serhii Chovpan, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine 2001-2003, Colonel General Yurii Smirnov, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine 2003–2005, Police Colonel General Serhii Husarov, veterans and retirees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine, university staff, cadets of the university (http://univd.edu.ua/uk/news/11843).