The siege of a bus with 13 passengers by an armed man on Tuesday in Ukraine saw the crisis lasting over 12 hours with police managing to first escort three people from the vehicle after lengthy and tense negotiations with the perpetrator.
The interior ministry said the national crisis has ended with all the hostages freed.
On a post on Telegram, the Interior Ministry said “The hostages are freed! The man who took hostages and kept them on a bus in Lutsk has been detained”.
The SBU security service said a total of 13 hostages were freed and no civilians were harmed in course of the incident.
The service said in a statement, “The terrorist has been identified as Maksym Kryvosh, who disseminated extremist views”.
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