Ukrainian Investigative Journalist Mykhailo Tkach Detained in Austria While on Assignment
Ukrainska Pravda said the detention was unlawful and demanded an explanation after Austrian police held the journalist for more than 12 hours.
- On Thursday, October 8, investigative journalist Mykhailo Tkach of Ukrainska Pravda was detained in Vienna while on assignment. The reason for his detention remains unknown.
- Tkach was tracking former Ukrainian prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko, who left Ukraine after anti-corruption agencies searched his office in early September. Kravchenko resigned on September 8.
- Following the searches, Kravchenko filed a notice of suspicion against Semen Kryvonos, director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine . He alleged NABU illegally seized case files.
- Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi stated the embassy in Austria requested information from local authorities after a Ukrainian consul met with Tkach in custody.
- Authorities have yet to provide clarification on the legal grounds for Tkach's continued confinement in Vienna, leaving uncertainty about the high-profile corruption case involving Kravchenko.
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Mykhailo Tkach and Yaroslav Bondarenko of Ukrainianska Pravda were released after interrogation. The camera operator was injured during detention.
They are accused of espionage crimes in favour of Ukrainian military intelligence services, participation in criminal organization and causing damage to Austria.
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Ukrainian journalists detained in Austria; authorities must urgently explain why
Berlin, October 9, 2026—Austrian authorities must urgently explain why Ukrainian investigative journalist Mykhailo Tkach and his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko were violently detained in Vienna on Thursday and held for more than 12 hours on suspicion of espionage, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. Both men work for the independent news website Ukrainska Pravda....
The relevant announcement was made by Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner, without giving further details - Two journalists among those arrested in Vienna The post Austria: Four Ukrainians arrested in Vienna on suspicion of espionage appeared first on in.gr.
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