
Supporters of the arrested former chief of staff of the Aidar battalion Valentin Lykholit kept the court building all night, preventing Egor Sobolev, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, said on Facebook.
“The night passed calmly. At about 03:00 a group of “Cosmonauts” appeared in front of the court, there are fighters of “Aidar” and “Donbass” without additional questions barricaded all the doors and prepared for the assault. He was gone. But the fighters of Azov, led by Andrei Biletsky, came to us, ”he wrote.
The incident occurred in the Pechersky District Court of Kiev, where on the night of July 2, a preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen for Lykholith. According to deputy Igor Mosiychuk, activists who were preparing to install tents came to the court building.
It was noted that the former battalion commander of Donbass Semen Semenchenko at the hearing stated that he had taken award weapon with him.
The ex-Nach Staff "Aydara", where the pilot Nadezhda Savchenko served, suspects that he and his fighters selected equipment from the administration of Severodonetsk.