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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has declared his country's willingness to admit Dmytro Bulatov, an activist of the informal opposition association Automaidan, for medical treatment after the latter was reportedly tortured by unknown assailants, Arseniy Yatseniuk, the leader of the opposition Batkivschyna party parliamentary faction, told Interfax-Ukraine following a meeting with Steinmeier on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

“The German foreign minister said during the meeting that Germany is willing to offer medical help and admit Dmytro Bulatov, and such a proposal was officially made to the Ukrainian foreign minister, and therefore Germany is now waiting for the Ukrainian government’s decision,” Yatseniuk said.

The fact that “the Ukrainian government has decided to arrest him is just incongruous with the authorities’ words that they are willing to resolve the situation peacefully,” he said.

Asked when the Ukrainian government could make a decision on Bulatov, Yatseniuk replied, “The sooner the better. As far as I understand, Germany is willing to do so without delay.”

Media reported on January 23 that Bulatov had not been answering phone calls. The same day, his wife reported his disappearance to the Darnytsky district police department in Kyiv.

Bulatov was found on January 30. He had reportedly been held by unidentified assailants, who had brutally beaten him.

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported on January 31 that several Automaidan activists, among them Bulatov, had been declared wanted on charges of mass unrest on January 24.