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Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation searched lawmaker Mykola Tyshchenko's home on suspicion he ordered the abduction and assault of a former Armed Forces member.

Dnipro, Kyiv Oblast
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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) stated that it searched Ukrainian lawmaker Mykola Tyshchenko's Kyiv region home Tuesday, June 25 on suspicion that he was involved in the abduction and assault of a veteran.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Mykola Tyshchenko has been charged with illegally detaining a former soldier

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Videos showed Tyshchenko and his bodyguards approaching Pavlov and asking him for documents, which reportedly instigated the argument and ensuing fight with Pavlov

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Pavlov was detained for an unspecified period of time and received physical injuries in the process

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin has pressed charges against Ukraine's lawmaker Mykola Tyshchenko following an incident in Dnipro where the legislator and a group of his associates assaulted a former military serviceman following an altercation.

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