Polish border guards detained a citizen of Austria at the border crossing point "Dorogusk-Yagodin" (Volyn Oblast), who is suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations in the Donbas, bullying and killing Ukrainian prisoners of war. This was stated in the comments to the correspondent of UKRINFORM by the representative of the Nadbuzhansky department of the Frontier Service of the RP Dariusz Senitsky.

"The 25-year-old Austrian was detained on the night of Friday to Saturday when he left Poland for Ukraine on the basis of the European arrest warrant that Austria initiated. The foreigner is wanted in connection with suspicion of participation in the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine, where he probably killed the wounded and hostages as a member of one of the warring groups, "Senitsky said..

According to him, the detainee is now in the hands of the Polish judicial authorities, which prepares documents for his extradition to Austria.

Since April 7, at the external borders of the EU, the control and verification of foreigners - EU citizens entering or leaving the European Union. According to the Polish border guards, it was the introduction of this procedure that helped to deter the Austrian.

Senitsky also noted that this is the first time when a suspect suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations in the Donbass was detained on the Polish-Ukrainian border.