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Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has chosen a preventive measure in the form of a Hr 1 million bail for former head of Dnipro City Tax Inspection Andriy Lypynsky, who was detained as a result of the anti-corruption operation on May 24.

At a meeting on May 25, the court dismissed a request of the Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office to arrest Lypynsky for two months with a possibility of a Hr 1 million bail, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.

The prosecutor’s office believes Lypynsky caused damage to the state worth Hr 1 billion.

Lypynsky offered no comments.