Angelina Jolie's driver-bodyguard was taken into custody

Angelina Jolie's driver-bodyguard, Dmytro Pyshchikov, was taken into custody. He was stopped at a checkpoint during her visit to Ukraine.

Pyshchikov will be sent to a military training centre before heading to the front line, despite having explained that he has an exemption due to a spinal condition.

Source said, "The citizen, as a driver, was part of the group that accompanied the foreign actress Angelina Jolie."

"Neither she nor her representatives influenced the work of military personnel and civil servants of the TRC and the Recruitment Centre, as some posts on the Internet try to suggest."

"The plan is to complete training and serve in the army." This followed Pyshchikov being held out of contact at the army's Territorial Recruitment Centre (TRC).