KIEV, Aug. 31 – Former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has been transported to Mena Penal Colony No. 91 in Chernihiv region to serve his sentence, according to the People's Self-Defense Party.

"A Ford Jayco increased comfort vehicle guarded by police escort has departed from the pre-trial detention facility. Berkut riot police officers in a special minibus guarded order near the detention facility," reads the statement.