Police have charged a 19-year-old resident of the Odessa region with causing serious bodily harm to his younger friend. During a birthday celebration, the perpetrator stabbed the victim in the chest with a knife. He faces up to eight years in prison for his actions.

Authorities reported that the incident happened a few days ago in a village of the Bilyaivka community, where a group of young men aged 17, 18, 19, and 21 were celebrating a friend's birthday at a private house. During the gathering, an argument broke out between two friends, aged 19 and 17, which escalated into a fight. During the altercation, the older friend grabbed a knife from the table and stabbed the younger one in the chest.

"The victim's friends helped him get home, where his mother urgently took him to the hospital. Doctors diagnosed him with a penetrating stab wound to the chest," the report states.

Realizing the gravity of his actions, the perpetrator returned home and called the police. Officers arrived at the scene, established the circumstances of the event, seized the weapon used in the crime and other physical evidence. The perpetrator was tested for intoxication - he was found to be intoxicated.

"Based on the collected evidence, we charged the suspect with inflicting intentional serious bodily harm that endangers life. According to part 1 of article 121 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, this crime is punishable by imprisonment for up to eight years. The court has placed the suspect under round-the-clock house arrest. The investigation is ongoing. The procedural leadership in the case is carried out by the Bilyaivka District Prosecutor's Office," said Dmitry Tkachenko, investigator at the Odessa District Police Department No. 2.