After that, the special forces advanced in an assault on the bus, using an armored personnel carrier and flash-noise grenades. This information was confirmed by Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, who shared a video from the scene. " Thursday, EU imposes sanctions on Russian military intelligence chief – media, Over 9,300 COVID-19 cases, 185 fatalities reported in occupied Crimea since start of epidemic, EU reviews list of third countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted, Some ministers may be sacked soon – Zelensky, Zelensky praises doctors for low mortality rate from COVID-19, Ukraine reports 129 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Oct 22, SBU raids offices of ex-officials associated with Kyiv property developers – media, NBU: GDP forecast for 2020 remains unchanged, Zelensky assures no new lockdown planned in Ukraine, announces "unique" Ukrainian vaccine, Lviv airport's border guards seize radioactive object (Photo), Kyiv mayor reports over 600 new COVID-19 cases in past day, setting new anti-record, Expert forecasts Kyiv will be last to see end of COVID-19 epidemic, Man who attacked a Hasid with knife detained in Uman, Developers of COVID-19 vaccine in Ukraine plan human clinical trials in three months, Daily COVID-19 spike in Ukraine hits new high with over 7,000 cases on Oct 22, Ukraine reports five instances of ceasefire violation in Donbas on Oct 21, Number of COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide exceeds 41.2 mln, Reuters: Oil slips on weaker demand outlook after U.S. gasoline stocks build, 21 [42] Interior Minister Avakov denied this information. On 21 July 2020, a hostage situation took place in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.
As one of the largest cities in Western Ukraine, Lutsk became the seat of a General Consulate of Poland in 2003. Что рассказали заложники луцкого террориста после освобождения, "В центре Луцка вооруженный мужчина захватил автобус с заложниками. A TERRORIST carrying guns and explosives who seized control of a bus and took 20 people hostage has been arrested. ARY NEWS - Har Lamha Bakhabar Текстовый онлайн", https://www.unian.ua/incidents/terakt-u-lucku-krivosh-rozdavav-svojim-zaruchnikam-groshi-zmi-novini-ukrajina-11092163.html, "Зеленский поговорил с "Плохим", который держит заложников", "Президент выполнил требование террориста, а потом удалил видеообращение", "Зеленский записал странное видео по требованию мужчины, захватившего заложников в Луцке", Автобус с заложниками в Луцке штурмовали уже после задержания террориста, "Террорист, захвативший автобус в Луцке, задержан", «Луцкий теракт»: в МВД объяснили, почему спецназ прибыл после задержания, "У луцького терориста були спільники в інших містах України", На месте теракта в Луцке начали работать криминалисты, "Hostage siege ends after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix film", https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/07/24/7260581/, "У Харкові заарештували ймовірного спільника Кривоша", Луцкого террориста обвиняют по четырём статьям, "Тюрма і духовна семінарія: що відомо про луцького терориста (оновлено)", "Бандитизм, взрывчатка, философия. The man expressed his indignation with the existing state system in Ukraine, saying that "the state is terrorist No. Maksym Kryvosh seized a BAZ A079 bus and barricaded himself and 13 passengers inside at the Teatralna Square. He reportedly has two criminal records. Photos showed a small bus parked in the middle of an empty street. These are a child, a pregnant woman, and an elderly woman. This information was confirmed by Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, who shared a video from the scene. [17] The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he was keeping the situation under control and was trying to resolve the crisis without casualties. Between 10 and 20 people were onboard the bus, they said. Professionals are working, doing everything to free our hostages,” Zelenskiy’s press service quoted him as saying. KYIV: A man who said he was armed with weapons and explosives seized a bus in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk on Tuesday and took a number of people on board hostage, police said.

Maksym Kryvosh, the terrorist who took about 20 bus passengers hostage in Lutsk, has set three people free. [24], Before the release of the hostages Maksym Kryvosh apologized to them. [12] On 21 July 2020, a hostage crisis took place, involving a man armed with a firearm and explosives who stormed a bus and took 16 people hostage at about 9:25 a.m. Police said they identified the hostage-taker and that he had expressed a dissatisfaction with "Ukraine's system" on social media. And you don’t have to be so screwed up and cause such a horror for the whole country – you can watch it without that.”[35], On 24 July, a court in Kharkiv took into custody a possible accomplice of Kryvosh, Dmytro Mykhaylenko. Что известно о луцком террористе Кривоше, захватившего маршрутку с людьми", "Кілька термінів у в'язниці та лікування у психлікарні: відоме ім'я чоловіка, який захопив заручників у Луцьку. The terrorist was detained by SWAT / Photo from Anton Gerashchenko's Facebook page Maksym Kryvosh, the terrorist who took bus passengers hostage in Lutsk on Tuesday morning, has been detained. I am talking with our specialists who are in Lutsk. Maksym has a brother Bohdan, in 2005 a son was born to Maksym Kryvosh. They said in a statement that he had said he was armed with explosives and weapons. [23], By 7:00 pm, the perpetrator had allowed water to be handed over to the hostages. [28], At approximately 9:46 pm, Kryvosh got off the bus with his arms outstretched and waited for about a minute before three people approached him and arrested him without resistance from Kryvosh. [5][6] In addition, he demanded that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky publish an appeal to all to watch the 2005 documentary film Earthlings, a documentary film about human exploitation of animals.
[48], After the incident the National Police of Ukraine tightened security measures in 9 western oblasts of Ukraine (Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi) and Kyiv. [19], According to preliminary information, Kryvosh fired several shots at the police and threw a grenade at them, which did not explode. [43], In 2014, he published the Philosophy of the Criminal book in Russian in the VolynPoligraf publishing house, where he describes his stay in prison. [33], On the night of 21–22 July, criminologists began to work at the crime scene.[34]. [7], Kryvosh captured a bus en route from Krasnylivka to Berestechko via Lutsk. [45], Kryvosh later stated that he had originally planned to seize the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Holy Trinity Cathedral in Lutsk. Оновлено", "Полиция: луцкий террорист был на учете у психиатра", "Аваков опроверг информацию о том, что луцкий террорист лечился в психбольнице", "В типографии рассказали, почему опубликовали книгу мужчины, который захватил автобус в Луцке", "«Философия преступника»: о чем книга Максима Плохого, захватившего заложников в Луцке", "Луцький терорист заявив, що планував захопити собор", "Захоплення заручників у Луцьку: військовий психолог розповів, наскільки ефективно спрацювали спецслужби", "Захоплення заручників у Луцьку дуже нетипове, як і злочинець", Посольство США в Украине отреагировало на спецоперацию по освобождению заложников в Луцке, https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/07/22/7260246/, https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/07/23/7260438/, "Через захоплення заручників у Луцьку поліція встановила пости на в'їздах до 9 міст", "СБУ посилила заходи безпеки у Києві після захоплення заручників у Луцьку", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lutsk_hostage_crisis&oldid=983069986, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from July 2020, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 02:02. [26][2] Zelensky also fulfilled the perpetrator's demand by recording a video with the text in Russian: "The film Earthlings from 2005. "Мы говорили 7–10 минут": Зеленский рассказал детали общения с луцким террористом, "Захоплення та звільнення заручників у Луцьку: всі подробиці (онлайн-трансляція)", https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/3067053-luckij-terorist-visunuv-svoi-vimogi.html, "Луцкий террорист записал видео перед захватом", "Захватчик автобуса занимался опекой животных", "Появилось видео, как луцкий террорист попал в автобус", "В МВД рассказали о захватчике автобуса в Луцке", "Ukraine gunman holds 20 hostages on bus", "Центр Луцька перекритий і для людей, і для машин (фото)", "Шмыгаль о захвате заложников в Луцке: Главное сейчас – сохранить их жизни", "Кабінет Міністрів України – Зараз головне – зберегти життя людей, – Денис Шмигаль про ситуацію в Луцьку", "У Луцьку невідомий захопив автобус із 20 людьми – поліція", "Ukraine siege ends after president's bizarre video", "Аваков вылетел в Луцк. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said “shots were heard, the bus was damaged”. [39] His father, Stepan Kryvosh, an associate professor of the Polytechnic University, is an author of a patent for the manufacture of a collector of an electric machine and a method for hardening ring-shaped parts. In the interwar period, the city was known as Łuck and was part of the Wołyń Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic. COPYRIGHT © 2020 - ARYNEWS.tv. The Guardian reports the following consequence: Late on Tuesday [July 21], the Ukrainian interior minister, Arsen Avakov, said: “The film … is a good one. I know all the details. [18], Journalist Yuriy Butusov said that the perpetrator had called him, demanding that journalists come to the bus. [9][10], Due to the seizure of the bus, the city center was blocked.