Ukraine's prosecutor general, Vitaliy Yarema, claimed that former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's defense attorneys had turned to the court in order to secure a court order to lift the seizure of Yanukovych's bank accounts and remove his assets from Ukraine.

"Viktor Yanukovych's defense attorneys on Friday made an attempt to secure the withdrawal of UAH 20 million from his bank accounts with Oschadbank and also to lift the seizure of these assets and remove them from Ukraine," Yarema aid at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.

"There have been contacts with the Pechersky court. We were informed in due time. The court turned down the defense attorneys' plea at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office," he said.

"We are in control of the situation. However, as you see, people now on the wanted list, among them Yanukovych, are doing all they can to remove the assets that still remain in Ukraine, abroad. But thanks to joint efforts, being made by law enforcement services and by organizations that have to do with the investigation, we keep the situation under control," the prosecutor general said.