The Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria Olesya Ilashchuk called to refrain from political speculation surrounding the detention of her son in criminal proceedings for the murder of a 21-year-old Ukrainian citizen in Vienna. The diplomat stated this in a comment to the Ukrinform agency..

According to her, the situation should be considered exclusively in the legal field, on the basis of official information from the investigation and decisions of the judiciary.. Ilashchuk emphasized the importance of observing the principles of the rule of law, ethics and the presumption of innocence, enshrined in the Constitution.

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She also emphasized that she considers it unacceptable to connect the procedural status of her son with her professional activities or to give the case a political overtones. According to the ambassador, her son is an adult citizen of Ukraine, has full civil capacity and undergoes all procedures provided for by law in accordance with the norms of Ukraine and the European Union.

Earlier, the publication " In Olesya Ilashchuk’s declarations he is listed as a son, however, according to journalists, the diplomat is his stepmother. She did not provide information about her husband in her declarations.

Olesya Ilashchuk has been holding the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Bulgaria since December 2022.

Let us remind you that on the evening of November 26 in Vienna the body of a 21-year-old Ukrainian was found in the back seat of a burnt Mercedes car.. According to Suspilne Kharkiv, the deceased may be the son of the deputy mayor of Kharkiv, Sergei Kuzmin..

Law enforcement officials reported that two Ukrainian citizens were detained on suspicion of committing a crime.. According to investigators, they lured the victim to a meeting, attacked him in an underground parking lot, forced him to transfer about 50 thousand euros from a crypto wallet, after which they took him to another area of \u200b\u200bthe city and killed him.. According to the State Border Service, after the crime the suspects crossed the border and entered the territory of Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that a Ukrainian was killed in northern Italy.