Suspect in murder of activist Oleshko placed in 60-day pre-trial detention. VIDEO&PHOTOS

Today, Aug. 3, Berdiansk court is holding bail hearings of those presumably involved in the high-profile assassination of Donbas Battalion veteran, activist Vitalii Oleshko, nom de guerre Sarmat.

As reported by a correspondent for Censor.NET, the first one brought to the courtroom was a native of Makiivka, now a resident of Dnipro City, Artem Matiushyn, who had been identified as the perpetrator of the assassination.

In the course of the bail hearing, the court granted the prosecutor’s request to place Matiushyn in 60-day pre-trial custody, until Sept. 29, without the right to be bailed out. The suspect will be held in the Zaporizhia-based remand prison.

Photos by Olha Haisumova

As reported, a member of the Donbas Battalion, Vitalii Oleshko, nom de guerre Sarmat, was gunned down by an unidentified person in Berdiansk on July 31.

On Aug. 1, the police officers apprehended four suspects riding a car in the city of Vasylivka, the Zaporizhia region. Another perpetrator was tracked and detained by the police in Berdiansk.

Censor.NET Chief Editor Yurii Butusov later released photos of four suspects who were in the car intercepted by the police near Primorske village.