Suspect in Ukrainian journalist Buzyna's murder released on bail
KYIV. June 23 (Interfax) - Denys Polishchuk, who was detained as part of an inquiry into the murder of Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzyna, has been released from a remand center in Kyiv after bail of over five million hryvni was posted for him.
Polishchuk was greeted by his relatives, supporters and journalists holding flowers and banners, an Interfax correspondent has reported.
It remains unknown who posted the bail.
Andriy Medvedko and Polishchuk, accused of murdering Buzyna, were detained on June 18. Another man was detained later that day on suspicion of helping to organize the killing.
According to Polishchuk, he served in Donbas at the rank of Guard Lieutenant of Ukraine's Armed Forces and commanded the 54th separate reconnaissance platoon.
On June 18, Kyiv's Shevchenkovsky District Court ordered that Polishchuk be held in custody for 60 days as a restraining measure and set bail for his release at five million hryvni.
On June 19, the Kyiv Prosecutor's Office appealed the court ruling.
Buzyna was shot and killed in the yard of an apartment block where he lived in Kyiv on April 16.