Authorities have confirmed that investigators are now retrieving the black box from the city bus that Iryna Zarutska boarded just moments before the incident that shocked the community.
According to officials, surveillance footage shows the suspect stepping onto the same bus only 30 seconds earlier. Investigators believe the black box may hold crucial information — including video, GPS tracking, and passenger data — that could shed light on where the suspect was headed and whether Iryna was specifically targeted.
Witnesses described Iryna appearing calm, taking her usual seat near the back of the bus, unaware that someone was already watching her.
Police say they are carefully reviewing all available footage and hope the black box will provide a clearer timeline of events leading up to Iryna’s disappearance.
💬 “Every second matters,” an officer told reporters. “This data might tell us why he got on that bus, and what happened next.”