The part 3 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine establishes the grounds for criminal liability for qualified resistance. Resistance combined with coercion of a representative of the authorities, a state executive, a member of a public formation for the protection of public order and the state border or a military officer, an authorized person of the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund through violence or the threat of using such violence to perform clearly illegal actions. The combination of such terms as „coercion,” „violence,” „threat of using violence,” „obviously illegal actions” in one part of the prohibitive criminal law significantly complicates its application in practice.