The Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs hosted the 2026 Autumn Rector’s Cup, a major practical shooting competition.
The event was organized by the Department of Firearms Training with the support of the DSUIA leadership. Its objectives were to improve participants’ skills in rapid shooting preparation and accurate fire at stationary and moving targets, from various positions, within time limits, both from a stationary position and while moving. The competition also aimed to promote training activities among personnel of the security and defence sector in Dnipropetrovsk Region.
Participants included officers from operational and special police units in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as representatives of the National Academy of Internal Affairs and the Kyiv Institute of the National Guard of Ukraine. Around 70 people took part in the competition.
Competitors tested their skills in four firearm divisions: Standard Pistol, Open Rifle, Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle and Standard Manual-Action Shotgun.
The event was organized, and DSUIA cadets were prepared for the Championship, with the active involvement of the Head of the Department of Firearms Training, Police Colonel Andrii Zhbanchyk; Senior Lecturers of the Department, Police Lieutenant Colonels Yevhen Zelenskyi and Oleksandr Karpenko; Police Captain Maksym Kaliman; as well as Armament Unit Specialist Yehor Stezhka and Sports Team Specialist and Instructor Serhii Faliush.
The awards ceremony was conducted by Ihor Mahdalina, Acting Rector of DSUIA.
In the overall team standings, the top three places were awarded as follows:
1st place – TacTeam, Patrol Police Department in Dnipropetrovsk Region;
2nd place – DDUVS-1 team;
3rd place – Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk Region.
DDUVS cadets also achieved the following results in the shotgun duel shooting event:
1st place – Maksym Klymenko;
2nd place – Oleksandr Husievych;
3rd place – Yehor Chursin.
In the Police Sniping discipline, DSUIA cadet Yehor Lobodiuk took 1st place.
The winners and runners-up received medals, diplomas and commemorative gifts from Ukrainian brands M-TAC, STVOL and 9mm.
Events of this kind help improve professional shooting skills, enhance firearms training standards and strengthen cooperation among representatives of Ukraine’s security and defence sector.
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