MOSCOW, March 25 (RAPSI) – Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine, Anatoly Matios, has confirmed the death of Yuri Grabovsky, the defense lawyer for Russian national Alexander Aleksandrov suspected of terrorism, RIA Novosti reported on Friday.

Earlier, attorney Oksana Sololovskaya representing another Russian citizen detained in the case, Yevgeny Yerofeyev, said that Grabovsky’s body was discovered in the Kiev region on the night of Friday. The Ukrainian National Bar Association announced that suspects in the murder of Grabovsky have been already arrested.

Grabovsky went missing about two weeks ago. On March 9, he failed to appear in court on the case against Aleksandrov and Yerofeyev without giving reasons.

Sokolovskaya stated that her colleague’s disappearance was connected with the trial because the materials on the Russian citizens’ defense had disappeared along with Grabovsky.

Police have opened a murder case in connection with the lawyer’s disappearance.

Ukrainian authorities claim that Aleksandrov and Yerofeyev were captured in an eastern region of the country during an attack on a bridge on May 16, 2015.

The men, who face terrorism charges, serve in the Third Special Forces Brigade, which is based in Togliatti, a city in southern Russia, according to Ukrainian officials.

The men also face allegations of waging of a war of aggression, illegal border crossing, illegal carrying weapon and ammunition, illegal entry to an occupied territory and unleashing of war. They could be sentenced to life in prison on these charges.

According to Sokolovskaya, most of accusations against Aleksandrov and Yerofeyev are unreasonable.

Moscow strongly denies the allegations. The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier that the men "were not on active service in the Russian Armed Forces" at the time of their capture in May 2015.

In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities began a military operation in Donbas against the local residents who objected to the coup. According to the UN’s latest data, over 6,200 people have been killed in the conflict. Ukrainian officials and some Western states have repeatedly accused Russia of interfering in Ukraine’s domestic issues.

Moscow has repeatedly claimed that it has had absolutely no part in the events in southeastern Ukraine and does not supply the self-defense forces with military equipment and ammunition; that it is not a party to the domestic Ukrainian conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcoming the political and economic crisis.