Editor-in-Chief Sevgil Musaieva has called the detention unlawful and is demanding that Austrian police immediately release Tkach. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has sought an official explanation for the arrest through its embassy in Vienna, where a consul has formally requested access to the journalist.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Austria Detains Ukrainska Pravda Editor Tracking Fugitive Prosecutor General
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Mykhailo Tkach, who leads the investigations unit for a Ukrainian news outlet, was arrested in Vienna and is currently being held without external communication. Tkach, an employee of Ukrainska Pravda, was on an assignment to locate former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who fled to Europe during a corruption investigation after failing to return from a business trip. While a lawyer is assisting Tkach, the outlet reports that the whereabouts of another colleague, Yaroslav Bondarenko, are unknown.
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