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A defense counsel for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Serhiy Vlasenko, has said that he intends to appeal against Tymoshenko's transfer to Kachanivka penal colony in Kharkiv.

"We are currently deciding whether this will be an administrative lawsuit against unlawful actions of the officers of the State Penitentiary Service, or a claim concerning the failure to fulfill the order of Shevchenkivsky District Court, which very clearly indicates that Tymoshenko should be kept in Lukyanivka detention center,", Vlasenko told reporters in front of Kachanivka prison building.