The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine plans to assist in releasing from custody former ministers of the government led by former Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, who have completed their acquaintance with the materials of the criminal cases against them, First Deputy Prosecutor General Rinat Kuzmin has said.
"Today a decision has been taken regarding those cases that are completed, to review the need for holding in custody and releasing from custody those persons who have finished their acquaintance with the materials of criminal cases," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
Kuzmin said that this decision had been already taken regarding former First Deputy Justice Minister of Ukraine Yevhen Korniychuk and former Environmental Protection Minister Heorhiy Filipchuk.
"These decisions will also be taken for other detained persons who have completed their acquaintance with the materials of criminal cases, and there is no need for them be further held in custody," the first deputy prosecutor general said.
When asked by reporters whether a decision to release former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko from custody will be taken, Kuzmin said: "Yuriy Lutsenko has not acquainted himself with the materials of [his] criminal case yet."
