Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov has announced the National Police detained the suspect in the attempted murder of acting manager of affairs at Kherson City Council's executive committee, adviser to the mayor of Kherson and local activist Kateryna Handziuk, who survived an acid attack.

"The police detained the suspect in the attempted murder of Kateryna Handziuk, and urgent investigative actions are under way," Avakov wrote on Twitter on Friday afternoon.