Bank Takeover in Kyiv

At about 12 o'clock on August 3, a man came to the premises of Universal Bank in the Leonardo business center in Kyiv and said that there were explosives in his bag. The police launched the special operation "Thunder".

Later, more information became known about the terrorist himself. He is 32-year-old Uzbek citizen Sukhrob Karimov. He had a residence permit in Ukraine..

The attacker's demand was a meeting with the media.

At 14:50, law enforcement officers stormed the bank premises, freed the hostage and captured the terrorist.