The Kyiv Court of appeals at a meeting on Thursday refused the protection of Russian Evgeny Erofeev, who was detained in Ukraine in may, in the appeal against the court's decision to extend his detention until 12 September, said Last news lawyer Erofeeva Oksana Sokolovsky.

"The court refused satisfaction of the appeal," said Sokolowski.

She said that before the Court extended the detention Erofeev for two months.

in addition, the lawyer said that Erofeev was present at today's court meeting, it was brought there from Kyiv Central military hospital.

first in Kiev told that the may 16 Military tied in Donbass like 2 Russian military. In the Russian defense Ministry said the detainees - Alexander Alexandrov and Evgeny Erofeev - are residents of the Russian Federation, but at the time of arrest they were not active military personnel military power of the Russian Federation. More recently, the Court in Kiev ruled on the premises of the arrested Russian citizens until July 19. In early summer Erofeev was transferred from the Kiev military hospital to the detention center.

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