Mykola Novorynskyi — Koniukhy / Kozova

Date 14.10.2026

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55-year-old Koniukhy resident Mykola Novorynskyi vanished on 14.10.2026 after being taken to Kozova and released by TCC; found dead in a field on 31.10.

Timeline

  • 14.10.2026 — a TCC and SP notification team stopped the man in the village of Koniukhy. Because he had no documents on him, they took him to the town of Kozova to verify his details. Due to a visual disability, he was released and driven to a gas station on the bypass road near Kozova (about 30 km from home), from where he was left to walk.
  • 15.10.2026, 01:04 — a response patrol from Pidhaitsi stopped him and asked why he was out on the street at night.
  • 15.10.2026, about 15:00 — he was seen in the village of Zaberizky (about 10 km from Koniukhy).
  • 21.10.2026 — Ternopil region police declared him a missing person.
  • 31.10.2026 — a tractor driver found Mykola Novorynskyi's body in a field behind a former collective-farm brigade near Koniukhy.

Some media reports also spell his surname as "Navorynskyi".

Accounts

Relatives

His daughter Mariia Bokhna, citing her uncle who identified the body, said the man's face was covered in blood, his white sneakers and bank cards were missing, and her uncle saw no signs of two-week decomposition. Relatives suspect he may have been held somewhere, beaten, and dumped in the field.

TCC

According to the TCC, they only verified his military registration data and released him because of his visual disability.

Police

Ternopil region police spokesperson Serhii Kreta said examination of the body recorded tissue decay, no preliminary signs of violent death were found, and the body was sent to Ternopil for a forensic medical examination.

Sources

Media

Official