The court granted the prosecutor’s request of pre-trial detention for Dmytruk, who is charged with illegally crossing the Ukrainian border and assaulting law enforcement officials. “The risk of flight, which Dmytruk is already undertaking, the risk of influencing witnesses, and victims, since he has such opportunities even when abroad,” the prosecution outlined grounds for the MP’s arrest and detention. The ruling enables Ukraine to seek Dmytruk’s arrest abroad and push for extradition. Dmytruk’s lawyer, Vitaliy Zaperchenko, stated that the MP is not evading justtice but is “taking measures to…