Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has signed a request to the Verkhovna Rada to arrest MP Oleksandr Onyschenko, a member of the People's Will parliamentary group.

"Under Part 2 of Article 80 of the Constiuttion of Ukraine, Part 1 of Article 27 of the law on the status of Ukrainian members of parliament, Part 2 of Article 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine, Article 218 of the law on the regulations of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada I am sending a request to give consent to bring to criminal penalties, detain and arrest MP Oleksandr Onyschenko," Lutsenko said in a copy of the petition posted on his Facebook page early morning on Thursday.

A document on 86 pages is attached to the petition.

Anti-corruption prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytsky said on Wednesday that he has prepared and handed over materials to Lutsenko for the arrest of Onyschenko.

He said that the request to the Rada for consent is based on a criminal investigation into wrongdoing involving natural gas obtained jointly with PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia.