Aidar battalion commander was arrested in Kyiv, militants and people’s deputies Lyashko blocked the court
The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of 60 days for the commander of the Aidar battalion, Valentin Lykholita (call sign Batya).
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About it Oleg Lyashko’s comrade-in-arms, people’s deputy Andrei Lozovoy reported on his Facebook page.
“The legendary commander Dad. He is also Valentin Lykholit, the founder of the “Aidar” battalion... He is being tried by the “most honest” Pechersky district court. The orderers of Lykholit’s persecution are Tushkodeputy from the Rygov group “Will of the People” Sergei Melnichuk and ex-mayor of Severodonetsk, one of the leaders of local separatists Sergei Kazakov,” he wrote.
Nationalist activist Tatyana Bliznyuk reported on her social network page that after the court decision was announced, a brawl occurred in the courtroom.
People's Deputy from the Radical Party, neo-Nazi Igor Mosiychuk on his Facebook page he said, that Lykholit’s supporters did not allow the arrested person to be taken to the pre-trial detention center and barricaded the courtroom.
In turn, Lozova noted that people's deputies and nationalist activists as of 6.00 am on July 2 continued to blockade the hall of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv together with the arrested Lykholit.
Let us recall that the day before the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine reported suspicions against two militants of the Aidar territorial defense battalion of committing a number of grave and especially grave criminal offenses in the Donbass.
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