Ukrainian activist injured in an attempted assassination, suspect detained

Ukrainian activistic and unpaid Serhii Sternenko has been injured successful an attack, called an attempted assassination by Ukraine's Security Service. 

In a station connected Telegram, Sternenko said "I was attacked. I was wounded." adding that his beingness is not successful information and that the suspected attacker had been detained.

"I americium grateful to the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) for their speedy response. If not for them, I wouldn't beryllium capable to constitute thing anymore. They rather virtually saved my life," helium said. 

According to the SBU, the onslaught connected Sternenko progressive a firearm. 

"Operational and investigative actions are ongoing. We volition pass you astir the advancement of the concern separately," the SBU said successful a statement, sharing a photograph of the fishy who was arrested.  

A vocal professional of Russia and its full-scale invasion, Sternenko is 1 of the astir celebrated Ukrainian activists and volunteers, known for his crowdfunding campaigns to assistance the military. 

Since the opening of Russia's warfare against Ukraine, helium has raised funds to assistance proviso implicit 550 subject units. 

Having played a cardinal relation successful popularising archetypal idiosyncratic presumption (FPV) drones, successful January helium launched the Sternenko Community Foundation.

According to its reports, the instauration raised funds to proviso instrumentality to the frontline, including the acquisition of implicit 176,000 FPV drones arsenic of 1 May. 

Sternenko roseate to popularity via his societal media channels similar YouTube wherever helium has implicit 2 cardinal subscribers and Telegram wherever helium is followed by 840,000 people. 

An progressive subordinate successful Ukraine's 2014 Revolution of Dignity, besides known arsenic the Maidan Revolution, helium was attacked respective times. In 2018, Sternenko inflicted a fatal wounded to an attacker successful aforesaid defence, according to his lawyer.

In December 2023, an Odesa tribunal closed a lawsuit against Sternenko for the decease of the antheral who attacked him.