Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has thanked law enforcement officers for the rapid solution of the murder of lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska and stressed that such work shows high potential of the reformed National Police of Ukraine.

"I think that this rapid solution of the case speaks of extremely high potential that the reformed National Police have... I would like to thank you for the brilliant work, for the quick reaction," the president said at a meeting with representatives of the National Police on Tuesday adding that this "does credit both to the employees of the National Police and to the investigators involved in this case."