The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine plans to expand the geography of operation of "phantom" patrol cars that automatically record speed limit violations. After working in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, such cars are to appear in other major cities of the country.

This was announced on November 13 by Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vyhivskyi during the hour of questions to the government in the Verkhovna Rada.

According to the minister, in just over two months of operation, "phantom" cars recorded 112,000 speed limit violations. Against the background of these results, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is working to increase the number of such cars.

Vyhivskyi noted that the cars that have so far been used in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast are planned to be sent to other major cities of Ukraine.

At the same time, the minister did not specify exactly in which cities "phantoms" will appear, when the expansion of patrol geography will take place, and how many additional cars are planned to be involved.

"Phantoms" are police cars without special external markings, equipped with systems for automatic recording of traffic violations. They can measure the speed of other vehicles directly while moving. For automatic recording of speeding, there is no need to stop the driver.

The operation of such cars was resumed on August 31, 2026, after a long break. At the first stage, three cars were involved in patrolling, which worked in the capital and Kyiv Oblast. Already in the first six days, they recorded more than seven thousand speed violations.

Then the Ministry of Internal Affairs already reported the intention to gradually increase the number of "phantoms" and extend their work to other regions. Vyhivskyi's new statement contains updated statistics and confirms the plans to expand patrolling.

During his speech, the minister also called on people's deputies to return to the issue of strengthening responsibility for speeding. According to him, about two months ago, the relevant initiative was short by one vote to be adopted.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs considers the use of "phantoms", increasing the number of patrols and expanding the network of automatic recording cameras as components of strengthening road safety.

Based on materials from: meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine