In the village. Kovsharovka, Kharkov region, yesterday, April 01, late in the evening a local resident barricaded himself in an apartment and threatened to blow up a multi-storey building with a grenade.

The head of the Kupyansky City Council Valery Govorov announced this on his page on the social network:.

We have in Kovsharovka emergency, criminal nature.

The person living in the 70th house barricaded himself in the apartment and threatened a roommate with his cohabitant and neighbors. To conduct the operation, KORD employees were called, gas was shut off, etc.. communications and most importantly people evacuated! Thanks to the professional work of law enforcement, the culprit was detained, there were no casualties or injuries.! I thank on behalf of the residents and all the Kupian residents, our policemen under the leadership of Roman Tkachenko, specialists of the Kharkov CORD, emergency services and doctors for their professionalism!