Ukraine's State Protection Department explains why it did not let anticorruption agency detectives into the government quarter

Ukraine's State Protection Department has said that its officers checked persons brought by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) as witnesses into the government quarter and then allowed everyone through.

Source: Ukraine's State Protection Department on Facebook

Quote: "In line with current legislation, during martial law the State Protection Department of Ukraine carries out security measures and checks of people and vehicles at entry points to the government district in Kyiv.

Today, at one such entry point, State Protection Department officers checked persons whom staff of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine brought with them as witnesses.

After the checks, all persons were allowed into the government district."

Background:

• On the morning of 27 December, Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) said that their undercover operation has exposed an organised criminal group that includes serving members of Ukraine's parliament. Investigators said that members of the group systematically extracted illegal gains in exchange for votes in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).
• Later, NABU said that officers of the State Protection Department were obstructing its staff during investigative actions in the Verkhovna Rada committees. The bureau stated that obstructing investigative actions is a direct violation of the law. Later, detectives were able to enter the parliament committee building.

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