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Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv has decided to arrest the "self-proclaimed governor" of Donetsk region, Pavel Gubarev. 

As the press center of Security Service of Ukraine reported (SBU), the court on Friday took a decision to choose a preventive measure for Gubarev in the form of detention for two-months under a motion of the SBU Main Investigatory Department.

As reported, Gubarev was detained in Donetsk on Thursday. According to the SBU, he was charged with committing crimes under Part 2, Article 110 (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine), Part 1, Article 109 (actions aimed at the forcible change or overthrow of the constitutional order, or the seizure of state power) and Article 341 (seizure of state or public buildings or structures) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.