UkrainePublished: 9 July 2026 at 15:36

Court Arrests Former SBU Employee Over Murder of Suspect in Yermolayev Assassination Attempt

A Ukrainian court has arrested a former Security Service employee in connection with the murder of a woman who was a suspect in an assassination attempt on Yermolayev.

According to Ukrainska Pravda, a court has ordered the detention of a former employee of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He is suspected of murdering a woman who was herself a suspect in an assassination attempt on a person named Yermolayev. Further details regarding the crime and motives have not yet been disclosed. The investigation is ongoing, and the court has imposed custody as a preventive measure.

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