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The military prosecutors detained in Kyiv Friday the former commander of Nadia Savchenko from the Aidar volunteer battalion, Valentyn Lyholit, callsign "Batya" (Dad); later the same night, a judge of the Pechersk district court ruled on the measure of restraint against Lyholit – a 60-day arrest, until August 28, 2016.

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