Ukrainian Embassy in Austria is demanding explanation regarding detention of journalist Tkach in Vienna, - Foreign Ministry
The Ukrainian Embassy in Austria has called on the Austrian authorities to explain the circumstances surrounding the detention in Vienna of Mykhailo Tkach, head of the investigative journalism department at "Ukrainska Pravda."
This was announced by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi, according to Censor.NET.
Reaction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tikhyi reported that the ministry had received information about Tkach’s detention. The Ukrainian Embassy in Austria has already contacted the Austrian authorities requesting an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the detention.
"The consul is already in contact with his Austrian counterparts and has officially requested access to the detained citizen," Tykhyi noted.
According to him, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Consular Services, and the Ukrainian Embassy in Austria are monitoring the situation closely.
The detention of Mykhailo Tkach in Austria
- On October 8, Mykhailo Tkach, head of the investigative journalism department at "Ukrainska Pravda," was detained in Vienna while carrying out an editorial assignment related to the search for former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who is currently a fugitive.
- The editorial board considers the detention unlawful and demands the journalist’s immediate release and an official explanation of the actions taken by Austrian law enforcement. The whereabouts of Tkach’s colleague, Yaroslav Bondarenko, who was traveling with him, were unknown at the time of the editorial board’s statement.
- Earlier, "Ukrainska Pravda"published Tkach’s investigation into the whereabouts of former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko in Vienna, where, according to the publication, he and his wife had registered in the Austrian residence registry.
