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The journalists were detained in Vienna on October 8 on suspicion of espionage.
Famous Ukrainian investigative journalist Mikhail Tkach and cameraman Yaroslav Bondarenko were detained in Vienna on suspicion of espionage. The Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reports this, citing the country's Interior Minister Gerhard Karner.
It is specified that Tkach and Bondarenko were detained on Thursday, October 8. According to preliminary information, the journalist was preparing an investigation related to a high-ranking Austrian official. According to the publication, Tkach was released on the morning of Friday, October 9. Bondarenko is in the hospital because he was injured during the arrest.
The newspaper reports that a total of four Ukrainians were detained on suspicion of espionage in the European capital. In addition to Bondarenko and Tkach, two employees of the Security Service of Ukraine were taken into custody.

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