Judge Ivan Bandura took such a decision, because the accused and his lawyer filed a petition for postponement due to the failure of the victim Ruslan Kachmaly.

According to journalists from the scene, the prosecutor Yanina Palamarchuk in court did not support the petition for the transfer and noted that the meeting could be held, since the absence of the victim does not preclude the consideration of the case. She also recalled that the investigators found that in Kiev near the metro station "Akademgorodok" law enforcement officers detained the commander of the volunteer battalion OUN Nikolai Kokhanivsky after firing and collision with Kachmala, as a result of which one person was injured.

Recall, Kohanivsky was detained for an incident with shooting from unregistered traumatic weapons in Kiev on October 21.

As reported URA-Inform, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has chosen a measure of restraint for six more riots in the Svyatoshinsky District Court of Kiev, when on the night of October 23-24, 2017, during the trial of the leader of the OUN Volunteer Movement, Nikolai Kokhanivsky, his supporters blocked the hall meetings.