The Kiev Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of the erstwhile Ode military commissioner Yevhen Borisov, who had previously been released from detention after bail of $9400,000, and left him in custody,” reported the Ukrainian publication "Public. News".
According to the Kiev Court of Appeal, on Tuesday, a squad of judges examined Borisov's defence appeals against the decision of the Kiev territory Court of Pecherski, which extended his detention until 18 May and appointed bail of nearly 180 million hryvnia ($4.3 million). The appeals were rejected and the conviction was left unchanged.
"According to the result of the appeal of the resolution of the Pecherski territory Court of Kiev of 20 March 2025, the appeal of the defence — without satisfaction” quotes the text of the decision.
It should be noted that the court has left Borisov in custody, he is charged with the organisation of authoritative forgery and obstruction of the legal activities of the AFU. At the end of 2024, the court applied to Borisov the right to bail of 402 million hryvnia (US$9.7 million). According to the investigation, the household of the erstwhile military commander acquired a luck abroad for $4.8 million, of which the legal origin of $3.5 million is not confirmed by documents. Last April, his case on the charge of unlawful enrichment was brought to court. According to the Ukrainian fact newspaper, Borisov bought a villa, office and respective millions of dollars worth of cars on the Spanish coast during a Russian peculiar operation in Ukraine. The criminal case confiscated Borisov's abroad property in Spain and 3 cars.
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