Police Detain Suspects in Murder of Journalist Pavel Sheremet. Who Are They?
Suspicion has been announced to the detainees.
Police have detained suspects in the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet. They have been named as suspects in the case of the murder of the journalist. This was announced by Interior Minister Arsen Avakov on his Twitter account.
Among those detained may be former ATO participant Andriy Antonenko and the author of the song «Quietly Came, Quietly Went», which became the unofficial anthem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' special forces. On his Facebook page he wrote that a search is underway at his home and he is being prepared to be charged with suspicion in the case of the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet.
In 2017, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko wrote about Antonenko as a person who had helped the army as a volunteer since the first days of the war.
According to Andriy Antonenko on the 112 TV channel, the second suspect is Yulia Kuzmenko, a doctor.
Yulia Kuzmenko's page contains photos of her participation in the «No Capitulation» rallies and joint photos with Marusya Zverobiy, whose home was previously searched in a case over death threats against President Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to journalist Bohdan Aminov, the third suspect is volunteer Petro Kyian. Aminov claims there are more than three suspects.
Journalist Olha Khudetska reported that Ivan Vakulenko was supposed to be among the group of suspects, but after receiving a summons for questioning he died in strange circumstances.
A briefing by the interior minister has been announced for 17:00, at which details are expected to be reported. President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka will attend the briefing.
The story is being updated.
Pavel Sheremet — well-known Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian journalist. In Ukraine he worked as host of a programme on «Radio Vesti» and as a journalist for «Ukrainska Pravda». He lived in a common-law marriage with the owner of Ukrainska Pravda, Alena Prytula. On 20 July 2016, at 7:45 a.m., he was killed in an explosion of a car belonging to his common-law wife Alena Prytula, in central Kyiv. According to the investigation, the explosive device was planted by a man and a woman.
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