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The Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv arrested the happiness of the Lugansk region of the Russian troops, captain Evgeny Erofeev and Sergeant Alexander Alexandrov until July 19, detained near the city. This was reported by the adviser to the head of the SBU Markiyan Lubkivsky.
"In connection with the need to complete the treatment of Russian military personnel, a specific place of detention of suspects E. Erofeev and A. Alexandrov will be additionally determined by the main investigative department of the SBU," Lubkivsky noted. The hearings were open. They were attended by a Russian consul.
Earlier it was reported that the detainees were charged with part 3 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (creation of a terrorist group or organization).
The Russian Embassy in Ukraine has repeatedly turned to the Kyiv authorities for a meeting with Alexandrov and Erofeev. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian embassy Oleg Grishin, the Russian newspaper reports . However, a positive answer has not yet been received, he said.
In the interview with Novaya Gazeta published on Friday, the detained special forces announced the desire to meet with representatives of the Russian embassy. At the same time, both Alexandrov and Erofeev emphasized that they did not submit reports on dismissal from the army and continued to remain in the actual service.
On Sunday, it became known that in the area of the city, the happiness of Alexandrov and Erofeev were captured . They confirmed that they serve in the 3rd Separate Guards Brigade of Special Purpose of the GRU of the General Staff of Russia.
“The detention of these two military personnel - Erofeev and Aleksandrov - is visual evidence of all those violations of international law that occur from the Russian Federation in the context of its aggression against Ukraine,” the representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleb said on Tuesday. “This is not just an argument, but the failed fact that Russian troops are present in Ukraine, and we are waiting for adequate and argumentation of the Russian Federation, how it happened. " On Tuesday, the Russian protest was directed .
The Russian Ministry of Defense officially recognized the fact of the detention in Ukraine of Russian citizens with military training. At the same time, it was argued that by this time they were no longer in the actual service .
On Thursday, Alexandrov and Erofeev were visited by observers of the OSCE special monitoring mission . Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities were not present during the conversation. Both recognized themselves as Russian military and told observers that they had carried out a reconnaissance mission. They were armed, but had no order to attack. Both said that they were "on tasks" in Ukraine before.