Overview
- Authorities detained Private Sergey Basalaev near the village of Beloshapka, according to Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk.
- Investigators say he opened fire on police in the settlement of Akkermanovka, killing one officer and wounding three.
- Prosecutors charged him with desertion during mobilization, murder, attempted murder, and crimes against law enforcement, and a court ordered his arrest.
- Police, the National Guard, and aviation units joined a search that closed the Guberlinskie Mountains reserve.
- Regional officials say the three wounded officers remain in serious but stable condition, and independent media named the slain officer as 28-year-old Senior Lieutenant Anton Gnusin.