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Viktor Klymenko, the prosecutor in the case on charges brought against former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, concerning the poisoning of former President Viktor Yushchenko, has said he is satisfied with the testimony of witnesses questioned in court on June 26 and said that these data will be used by the state prosecution during the case.

“I cannot say that witnesses in the court meeting are denying the
actual circumstances serving as the basis of the charges. I’m confident
that the witnesses, according to their testimony, fully confirm the
facts on which the prosecution relies in court,” he told reporters on June 26 during a break in the hearing at the Pechersky District Court of
Kyiv.

The prosecutor said that the data provided by witnesses in court would be used by the state prosecution during the case.

At the same time, an Interfax-Ukraine reporter said that witness
Oleksandr Balduk, a member of the commission that verified the legality
of conducting operational activities with respect to the former driver
of former SBU First Deputy Chief Volodymyr Satsiuk, told the court that
Lutsenko had no malicious intent when approving the extension of the
operational search case.

“I don’t think that Lutsenko had a malicious intent. He had nothing
to do with this case… This paper was just slipped in for the minister
[to sign]. This is my personal opinion,” Balduk said.