“On the spot, employees of the explosives service carried out an examination, no dangerous or explosive items were found there. That is, it means that this terrorist - a citizen of Uzbekistan - was bluffing, ”he said on the air of the 112 Ukraine TV channel.

Gerashchenko added that the suspect had previously been on a neuropsychiatric record in Uzbekistan, but hid this data from the Ukrainian authorities.

According to him, the man was not prosecuted in Ukraine and "led a fairly calm lifestyle."

Earlier, the SBU said that the special services officers who detained the suspect noticed elements "that indicated the possible presence of an explosive device and the possibility of its remote activation."

On August 3, in the center of Kiev, a man entered a branch of the Universal Bank, said that he had a bomb in his backpack, and asked to call the police.

The suspect was detained during the assault.