Ukrainian delegation barred from Savchenko trial after recess

15:52, 21.03.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian presidential press officer Svyatoslav Tseholko said Ukrainian parliamentarians, Ukrainian diplomats and himself were barred from the courtroom in Donetsk, in the Rostov region of Russia, where the sentence of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko is being read on Monday.

"The parliamentarians, the Ukrainian consuls led by the general consul and I were not allowed to enter after the recess," Tseholko told Ukrainian reporters on Monday.

He said the Ukrainian delegation is near the courtroom and the reasons why they are not allowed to enter the courtroom after the recess have not been explained to them.

Maria Ionova, a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction of the Ukrainian parliament, also said that "all representatives of the Ukrainian delegation, including the general consul of Ukraine, were not allowed to enter the courtroom to attend the second part of the court hearing."