Ukrainian consul had been granted access to Tkach

The Embassy of Ukraine in Austria has contacted the Austrian authorities to request an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the detention in Vienna of Mykhailo Tkach, head of the investigative journalism department at Ukrainska Pravda.

Source: a by Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi

Quote: "We have received information the detention of Mykhailo Tkach. The Embassy of Ukraine in Austria has contacted the Austrian side to request an explanation of the circumstances surrounding his detention. The consul is already in with Austrian officials and has formally requested access to the detained Ukrainian citizen."

Details: Tykhyi added that the Foreign Ministry, its Consular Service Department and the Embassy of Ukraine in Austria are monitoring the situation.

Update: It later became known that the Ukrainian consul had been granted access to Tkach and had spoken with him. Despite this, Austrian law enforcement officers are continuing to hold the journalist in custody.

Tkach was detained in Vienna while carrying out an assignment from the editorial team in connection with the for the fugitive prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko.

Mykhailo was in Austria with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko. His whereabouts and fate are currently unknown to UP. The editorial team has no direct with Tkach at present.

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