Overview

• Authorities say the suspect was detained in the Khmelnytsky region after a coordinated operation involving dozens of security personnel.
• Police officials described the detainee as a 52-year-old from Lviv, and investigators have not disclosed a motive.
• The assailant reportedly disguised himself as a delivery worker on an electric bicycle and fired eight shots before escaping, according to public broadcaster Suspilne.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky called the murder a horrible crime, said the attack was carefully prepared, and instructed that available findings be presented to the public.
• Ukrainian officials have suggested a potential Russian link—citing a “Russian lead” and media reports of the suspect’s contacts with Russian agents—but the Interior Ministry has not verified those claims.