Driver's license "with a surprise": who is really behind the wheel in Mykolaiv?

Patrol Police of the Mykolaiv Region April 27, 2026 reported another case involving a driver with likely fake documents. The suspicious license was discovered not during a routine stop but while processing a traffic accident on Troitska Street in Mykolaiv.

According to the patrol officers, one of the accident participants presented a driver’s license that raised doubts about its authenticity. After checking available databases, police established that a license with that series and number is registered to a completely different person. Investigators were then called to the scene. They are to establish all circumstances of the case and determine where the driver obtained a document showing signs of forgery.

Notably, the patrol officers themselves emphasize that they continue to detect drivers with, presumably, forged documents. And this is no longer just a story about one suspicious form, but a question of road safety: who exactly gets behind the wheel, how these people obtain documents, and whether they even went through the legal procedure to obtain driving rights.

Previously we wrote:

• Control — at zero? In the Korabelnyi district a driver without a license calmly drives around the city
• They couldn’t get away with it: the “spy” button sent a man to court instead of providing a driver’s license
• In Mykolaiv a woman was fined for a forged medical certificate for the driving test
• Driver’s license for 35 thousand: in Mykolaiv a 41-year-old driving school instructor who sold “guaranteed” licenses was exposed
• 14 thousand for a driver’s license: in Mykolaiv an instructor who accepted bribes was exposed