This citizen Melnik, who in 2014 led the protection of one of the People's Deputies, and after the arrest of the perpetrators of the murder for a long time hiding from the investigation and was wanted. This was reported on his page in Facebook by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko.

According to him, the necessary investigative actions are being carried out now and the issue of arrest.

At the same time, the head of the National Police of Ukraine, Sergey Knyazev, said that the police officers acted professionally and promptly. The attacker did not even have time to resist. According to him, a 47-year-old native of Vinnytsia region is involved in committing a number of other crimes.

He was wanted in accordance with the articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Intentional destruction or damage to property, Illegal imprisonment or kidnapping and Intentional homicide. Now the detainee was taken to the Main Department of the National Police of Ukraine in the Cherkassy region where the investigation of the case will be continued, the head of the National Police.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the press service of the prosecutor's office in the Cherkassy region informs that today in Kiev law enforcers detained the organizer of the resonant abduction and murder of journalist Vasily Sergienko.