🏴 Capture

The Security Service of Ukraine detained Viktor Medvedchuk on his way out of Kyiv Oblast.

April 12, 2022 Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Viktor Medvedchuk (person) Russian FSB (organization) Transnistria (location) Moscow (location) Ivan Bakanov (person) Ukraine's Security Service (organization) Vitali Klitschko (person) Borodyanka (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit)

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Ukrainska Pravda →

Security Service of Ukraine detained Viktor Medvedchuk

Ukrainska Pravda →

Detention occurred on his way out of Kyiv Oblast

Kyiv Independent →

Ukraine's Security Service captured Viktor Medvedchuk on April 12, 2022

Kyiv Independent →

Medvedchuk was a fugitive at the time of capture

Kyiv Independent →

Medvedchuk is a Kremlin-linked politician

Vitali Klitschko did not rule out the possibility that occupiers could try to recapture Kyiv in two days.

The SSU detained Viktor Medvedchuk on April 12 while he was fleeing the Kyiv region, having previously attempted to take him to Transnistria and Moscow.

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