A man armed with a grenade escaped arrest on Thursday and took a senior Ukrainian policeman hostage in the central city of Poltava, a government minister said.
A man who said he was armed with weapons and explosives seized a bus in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk on Tuesday and took a number of people on board hostage, police said.
Police in Lutsk, western Ukraine have set up a large police cordon in response to an armed man who has taken around 20 hostages on a bus today (July 21).
Footage shows the perimeter that has been..
![Armed man takes policeman hostage in Ukraine [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200723/2007231207-Armed-man-takes-policeman-hostage-in-Ukraine.jpg)
![Police boost presence near bus with hostages in Ukraine [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200721/2007211519-Police-boost-presence-near-bus-with-hostages-in.jpg)
![Huge police cordon set up in response to Ukraine hostage situation [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200721/1309363780-Huge-police-cordon-set-up-in-response-to.jpg)
