US EditionSuspect arrested in Germany in 2025 Ukrainian aide's killing
- On Feb 25, Spain's National Police said a person suspected of killing a former Ukrainian politician outside a Madrid school in 2025 was arrested in Germany.
- Andrii Portnov, once a senior aide to Viktor Yanukovych, former Ukrainian president, left Ukraine for Russia in 2014 and later faced investigations for treason and embezzlement.
- Portnov, 51, was shot several times in the back and head in June 2025 as he was getting into a vehicle outside the American School of Madrid, where at least one of his children was enrolled.
- Police added they would not provide further details, but German police arrested the suspect in Heinsberg near the Dutch border as part of the cross‑border operation, authorities confirmed.
- Given past sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department previously added Portnov in 2021 for alleged bribery, though EU sanctions were later dropped.
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Spanish and German policemen arrested a suspect in Heinsberg for a Ukrainian ex-deputy murdered in Spain. The politician was killed in Madrid in 2025.
A pro-Russian former politician from Ukraine was shot dead in the street in Madrid last year. Now, German and Spanish police have arrested a suspect in the case in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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ГОЛОВНАThis took place in the city of Gainsberg with the participation of law enforcement officers of the two countries.
After the attack on the former Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Andrij Portnov in Spain, a man was arrested in Heinsberg and his home was also searched.
The arrest took place in the city of Heinsberg following a joint operation by the National Police and the German BKA.
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