Overview

• Police say the suspect was detained in the Khmelnytskyi region within about 36 hours during a joint operation involving Lviv and national police and the SBU.
• Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the attack was carefully planned, with the victim’s schedule studied, routes mapped and an escape prepared.
• National Police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi alleged a “Russian trace” in the crime, and Russian authorities have not commented.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said prosecutors informed him the suspect has given initial testimony, and the investigation continues.
• Police released arrest photos, while unverified footage and Ukrainian media reports suggested the assailant posed as a delivery courier and fled on an electric bicycle.