Amina Okuyeva, a volunteer soldier who fought Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine, was killed and her husband, Adam Osmayev, was wounded their car came under fire at a railway crossing near the village of Hlevakha in Kyiv region late on October 30, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, People's Front MP Anton Gerashchenko, has said.

"The heart of Ukraine's patriot Amina Okuyeva has just stopped. Her car was fired at from the bushes at a railway crossing near the village of Hlevakha in Kyiv region. Amina died as a result of wounds. Adam Osmayev was wounded, but will live. I have just spoken with him on the phone," Gerashchenko wrote on his Facebook page on Monday, October 30.

According to the parliamentarian, investigative groups are working at the scene of the incident.

"Ukraine will always remember and mourn for its beautiful and clean daughter. I offer my condolences to Amina's family and friends. The best memory of her will be a just retribution to all those who were involved in this terrible murder," Gerashchenko wrote.

As reported, on June 1, 2017, Osmayev and Okuyeva, officers of the Kyiv-2 police battalion who took part in the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas, were attacked in Kyiv.

The assailant, who introduced himself as a foreign journalist, had arranged a meeting with the couple beforehand.

"When they got into the car, the man took out a Glock pistol from a box and shot Osmayev in the chest. In response Amina fired several shots with her Makarov pistol into the gunman," the police said in a statement.

Both men were taken with numerous gunshot wounds to a hospital in Kyiv. Later, the city court chose a measure of restraint for the suspect in the form of custody for 60 days without the right to deposit bail.

On June 8, Osmayev was discharged from hospital.