The Ukrainian Consulate General in Milan has filed a motion with a court in the city of Pavia seeking grounds and circumstances of Ukrainian citizen, National Guard serviceman Vitaliy Markiv's detention in Italy and the provision of the opportunity for a consular employee to visit the detainee shortly.

"The consul has got in contact with the detainee's lawyer and has agreed on the algorithm of further actions. Markiv's family members are informed about his detention. The Foreign Ministry's Consular Service Department and the Ukrainian Consulate in Milan are keeping the case over Ukrainian citizen Markiv's detention under special control," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's Consular Service Department said on Sunday.

Ukrainian serviceman Markiv, whom the Italian side suspects of the murder of Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli committed near the city of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, in May 2014, was arrested in Italy, Ukrainian Deputy Prosecutor General Yevhen Yenin said on Saturday.

Markiv was detained on Friday, June 30, Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction member Andriy Antonischak said. He is being held in prison in the Italian city of Pavia. Ukrainian diplomats are not allowed to visit him on the reason of his Italian citizenship. The Italian side provided Markiv with a lawyer, but the Ukrainian side refused from him and plans to hire its own.