Lutsk Terrorist Maksym Kryvosh Detained (VIDEO)
Hostages began leaving the bus, after which an explosion occurred and an armored personnel carrier with special forces arrived.
On Tuesday, July 21, at about 21:40, terrorist Maksym Kryvosh (Plokhoy) was detained in Lutsk. About 12 hours earlier, he had seized a passenger bus and taken its passengers hostage.
Hostages began leaving the bus, after which an explosion occurred and an armored personnel carrier with special forces arrived. The terrorist was detained. All hostages are alive.
The detention took place shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fulfilled one of the terrorist’s demands by posting a video with the text “Earthlings, a 2005 film, watch it, everyone.” The video has now been removed from all of the head of state’s social media accounts.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko said the terrorist released the first three hostages after speaking with Zelensky. The Interior Ministry’s press service reported successful negotiations by Deputy National Police Chief Yevgeny Koval, who had been handing water to hostages and was standing near the bus.
At a briefing after the terrorist’s detention, Tymoshenko said Zelensky spoke with the terrorist for 15 minutes and agreed to release the hostages after the president published the video.
Avakov said the terrorist shot at Koval, and the bullet passed 15 cm from him. Koval said the terrorist surrendered himself — he came out of the bus and lay down on the ground. Avakov said Kryvosh has accomplices, one of whom was detained in Kharkiv.
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