After the shot he was blown up by a grenade.
The Minister of internal Affairs Arsen Avakov has published a video of Poltava elimination of the invader. He noted that the suspect is eliminated by a sniper shot, and then he was on his own grenade, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC.
The corresponding roller, the interior Minister published in his Twitter.
Нічні події в Опишні. На жаль, знову неадекватна поведінка "полтавського терориста", який кілька днів переховувався. Внаслідок злагодженої роботи поліцейських – зловмисник був ліквідований снайпером і підірвався на власній гранаті.
Дякую поліції за професійну роботу! pic.twitter.com/CF0S0t88k0— Arsen Avakov (@AvakovArsen) August 1, 2020
The Minister said the attitude of the suspect, who was hiding from law enforcement for more than a week.
“Night events in Opishne… as a result of coordinated work of police the intruder was eliminated by a sniper and on his own grenade. Thank police for their professionalism.” — Avakov wrote.
So, the police in one of the residential houses around 2:00 in the morning of August 1 found the fugitive Roman Skripnik. In the future, suspect, threatening with a grenade, took hostage a police officer. He was released, and the offender eliminated.
Deputy interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko said that Skrypnyk had a chance to stay alive.