Kyiv's Prosecutor's Office and police have identified and detained two people accused of involvement in the murder of Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzyna.

"These persons were detained today, on June 18. Both of them are residents of Kyiv, aged 25 and 26 years old," the Kyiv Prosecutor's Office said on its website on Thursday morning.

Those detained will face charges of premeditated murder and will soon be remanded into custody as a restraining measure. The Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv is handling the inquiry.

Buzyna was shot dead in the yard of his apartment building in Kyiv on April 16.