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The lawyers of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko have again petitioned to Kyiv's Pechersky District Court to change the measure of restraint for the defendant.

"We are again asking the court to change the measure of restraint for anything else but custody, lawyer Mykola Siry said during Thursday’s court hearing.

This is the 11th petition since Tymoshenko was placed into custody on August 5.

The court rejected all previous bail pleas.