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The Appeal Court of Kharkiv region has mitigated the measure of restraint on 16 activists detained on April 8 when the regional administration's building was freed from demonstrators.

The court processed the detainees’ appeals on Thursday and changed
their custody with a bail option to house arrest. The court upheld the
arrest of 36 detainees, among them Ukrainian Eastern Bloc activist Yehor
Lohvynov and pro-Russian activist live-streamer Serhiy Yudaev, who were
also denied the release on bail.

The court met in camera and the suspects did not attend the hearing. Some of them communicated with the court via video link.