A Ukrainian citizen has been killed in Montenegro, and priority procedural measures are being held, spokesman for the Consular Service Department of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Vasyl Kyrylych has said.

"The consul has confirmed the Ukrainian citizenship of a woman killed in Montenegro on May 11, 2018. The priority procedural measures are being held," Kyrylych wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

According to local media cited by the Yevropeiska Pravda online newspaper, the deceased woman is Anastasia Lashmanova. According to police, the body of the woman with traces of violence, including stab wounds, was found in the apartment where she lived.

Lashmanova headed a number of companies, in particular, in the hotel industry. Her assets are estimated at around EUR 105 million.

The media reported that Lashmanova lived in Montenegro for several years and had a Russian passport.