Ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych was taken from the field of one of the settlements of the Zaporizhzhya region on Russian military helicopters Mi-8 with standard armament, probably to the Russian airfield. This was told by the witness of the protection side of the former president of the former head of the special purpose department of the Security Service of Yanukovych Dmitry Ivantsov during interrogation in the video communication mode from Sevastopol, the correspondent of UNN.

"We arrived in the settlement (Zaporozhye region - ed. ) on the field, there was a team to line up cars in one row and to include the near and far light. It was the 22nd (February - ed. ) closer to midnight. heard the sound of helicopters that were going to land. After some time, saw three military helicopters with standard weapons - Mi-8. From the main car, the president with the persons who accompanied him left and boarded the first helicopter. helicopters flew low, no more than 5-6 meters, without the light turned on, not to betray themselves. The pilots were in night vision devices. In 20-25 minutes they landed at the military airfield. Why the military? There were helicopters, a transport plane, the facilities that I saw, these were the military "URALS". There they landed. They got into military vehicles. ", - the witness said.

Then, according to him, at 6 or 7 in the morning they flew by plane and boarded the airfield in Simferopol in the Crimea.

To clarify Judge B. Devyatko about how the armed forces belonged to the helicopters on which Yanukovich was flying, D. Ivantsov replied: "The distinctive signs on the sides of the helicopters were red and white".

"Do I understand you correctly that it was the Russian Federation?" - said the judge.

To which the witness replied: "Yes, for sure".

Also the presiding judge asked about the territory of which the helicopters had landed, the witness said: "There were no administrative buildings with signs on this military zone where we sat down. But there were the same helicopters on the runway with the same identification marks. We can say that it was an airfield on which there were helicopters with the same identification marks ".

Recall, the first attack on cars that were part of the motorcade of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, occurred on February 19, 2014. This was told by the witness of the protection side of the ex-president, the former head of the special purpose department of the Yanukovych Security Service, Dmitry Ivantsov, during interrogation in the video communication mode from Sevastopol.

As previously reported, on November 28, 2016, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko in Svyatoshinsky district court of Kiev announced suspicion in video mode to former President of Ukraine Yanukovych of high treason, aiding the authorities of the Russian Federation in deliberate actions to change the borders of Ukraine and conducting an aggressive war. That is, crimes provided for by. art.. 111, hours. 5 items. 27th. 3 items. 110, h. 5 items. 27 h. 2 items. 437 CC.