KIEV, Feb. 10 – A Turkish court has decided to arrest a Ukrainian citizen who tried to force the crew of a Pegasus Airlines plane, en route from Kharkiv to Istanbul on February 7, to divert the aircraft to Sochi, where the Olympic Games are taking place, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.

"Yesterday the court issued a ruling on the measure of restraint for the Ukrainian in the form of detention," Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis told Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.