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Ukraine’s Consulate General in Milan has filed a claim at the court of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, requesting information on the grounds and circumstances of the detention of Ukrainian guardsman Vitaliy Markiv, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Consular Service.

“The consul has established contact with the lawyer of the detainee and agreed on further steps. Markiv’s relatives have been informed about his detention. The case of the detention of Ukrainian citizen V.Markiv is under special control of the Directorate General for Consular Service under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate General of Ukraine in Milan,” it said.

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