Police in Poltava region of Ukraine has denied media reports that the operation to neutralize the offender, who seized hostages, completed.
"the Information that the operation completed does not correspond to reality. She continues," – said the representative of the press service of the police Polina Larina on air of TV channel "Ukraine-24".
According to the channel, taken hostage in Poltava should be in the car in the direction of Kiev, he is pursued by police and special forces. Meanwhile, at the entrance to the capital from the airport Boryspil on the route Poltava-Kiev fortified checkpoint, which serve about a dozen people.
Hostage in Poltava was captured earlier today a former member of the military operations in the Donbass Roman Skrypnik. He threatened to detonate a grenade. Later, the chief of criminal investigation Department of the Poltava Vitaly Shiyan traded himself to the police. In the future, the attacker with a hostage in the car left Poltava. Ukrainian TV channel "Our" citing sources in the interior Ministry of Ukraine said that the operation to neutralize the attacker is successfully completed.
For the last two days the present case the hostage was the second on the territory of Ukraine. July 21 in Lutsk, the terrorist seized a bus with 13 passengers, later he surrendered, the men were released, no injuries.
