Overview
- Homicide officers from Madrid detained a Ukrainian national in Heinsberg, near the Dutch border, as the suspected shooter.
- Spanish investigators are carrying out searches in the town with support from the German BKA’s special operations unit.
- The investigation is being run by Pozuelo de Alarcón’s Investigative Court No. 1 under secrecy orders.
- Portnov, 52, a lawyer and former adviser to Viktor Yanukovych, was shot nine times at close range outside the American School after dropping off his children on May 21, 2025.
- Ukraine’s intelligence service later circulated a photo of Portnov’s body labeled “eliminated,” adding a contentious information‑war dimension to the case.