The ruling allows Yermak to travel within several Ukrainian regions without obtaining separate permission from investigators, prosecutors or the court. Court expands Yermak’s permitted travel areaPreviously, Yermak was required to obtain permission before leaving Kyiv and the Kyiv region. The court replaced that restriction with a broader geographical limit covering Kyiv, Kyiv region, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. Court keeps electronic monitoringYermak’s defense also asked the court to remove his electronic monitoring device. SAPO said the defense request followed the simultaneous receipt of several similar letters from commanders of Ukrainian military units supporting Yermak’s request.