Ukraine's Security Service comments on searches by anti-corruption agencies
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has confirmed that anti-corruption agencies are conducting searches involving SSU employees and says it is cooperating with the investigative authorities.
Source: SSU press service
Quote: "This morning, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) are conducting searches involving employees of the Security Service of Ukraine. These investigative actions are being carried out as part of several criminal proceedings and pursuant to the relevant court orders.
The Security Service supports an objective and impartial investigation and is cooperating with the investigative authorities."
Details: The SSU did not comment on reports from NABU and SAPO that, while detectives were carrying out lawful investigative actions under a warrant issued by an investigating judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court, a senior SSU official threatened to use a firearm and prevented detectives from accessing the premises to conduct the search.
Ukrainska Pravda has learned that the official in question is General Serhii Duka.
Background:
- On 4 November, Ukrainska Pravda sources reported searches involving Anton Kravchuk, Head of the SSU's Main Internal Security Directorate, and Oleksandr Kovalchuk, First Deputy Head of Directorate D within the SSU's Department for the Protection of National Statehood.
- Sources told UP that the searches involving senior SSU officials on 4 November may be linked to the activities of Andrii Osipov, nicknamed "Criminal", who was previously detained by NABU and SAPO.
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