The Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine has confirmed the legality of the previous court rulings and the validity of the decision of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine to impose a fine exceeding UAH 7.7 million on Russia's OAO Aeroflot-Russian Airlines.

The PR department of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) said the ruling was made by the court of cassation on May 17, 2016.

"By implementing the constitutional function of representing state interests in court, the PGO took a principle stand in defense of the legitimate public interest in matters related to committing offenses in civil aviation. Thus, contrary to the Aviation Service's prohibition to use air space, Aeroflot in 2014 performed flights in the restricted area over the peninsula of Crimea, as well as aircraft takeoffs/landing at Simferopol airport," reads the report.

Due to this, the State Aviation Service composed 57 protocols civil aviation offences, for which the company was fined more than UAH 7.7 million.

"Aeroflot contested them in court, but the courts of first instance and appeals, given the prosecutor's arguments about the legality of these decisions, refused satisfaction of the claims," the statement says..