The Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has responded to a report from the Safety Service of Ukraine (SSU) exposing the infiltration of NABU by Russian secret providers, noting that there is no such thing as a proof {that a} detained NABU worker was concerned in anti-state actions.

Supply: NABU on Telegram

Particulars: NABU stated the SSU had knowledgeable them of doable dangers related to considered one of its workers in August 2023. It was alleged that whereas working on the Ministry of Inner Affairs (in 2012-2015, i.e. earlier than becoming a member of NABU), the worker had emailed details about Ukrainian residents to an worker of the Administration of the State Guard (ASG).

The supplies acknowledged that the ASG consultant had held positions within the SSU till 2012 after which, from 2012 to 2014, headed one of many items within the Presidential Safety Service throughout the ASG. In keeping with the SSU, this particular person defected to Russia after the annexation of Crimea and has been working for the Russian Federal Guard Service since 2020.

NABU instantly launched an investigation. As a part of the cooperation between NABU and the SSU, an extra examine was organised involving sure NABU workers and an SSU unit head.

Quote: "No proof or testimony was discovered through the joint examine that the NABU worker had been conscious of the hyperlinks between the ASG consultant and the Russian secret providers. The SSU consultant confirmed this at in-person conferences.

Furthermore, NABU carried out an interview with the worker to determine on their additional service or doable disciplinary motion. Nevertheless, the SSU strongly suggested in opposition to taking any motion so as to not hamper their operational work on the previous ASG worker's different connections. The SSU additionally famous that stated connections didn’t concern the NABU worker, and no contact between them had been recorded."

Extra particulars: NABU says that in August 2024, the SSU "verbally knowledgeable" them that in the midst of the investigation of the treason case involving the previous ASG worker, no involvement by the NABU worker had been established.

"There isn’t a proof of involvement in anti-state actions," NABU stated in a press release.

NABU says that since then, it has repeatedly requested the SSU to offer official documentary proof of the outcomes of the examine in order that it might probably make an knowledgeable resolution with regard to potential legal responsibility or continued service.

"As of right this moment, the bureau has not obtained any official response. The one public point out of this episode appeared in an SSU social media submit on 21 July 2025," NABU stated.

Background:

• Earlier, the Safety Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor Common's Workplace introduced that they’ve uncovered infiltration of the Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine by Russian secret providers.
• "Following a collection of advanced measures, an worker of NABU’s Central Workplace has been detained in Kyiv. He labored within the elite, categorized D-2 unit and was spying for the Russian secret providers. The investigation established that the agent’s subversive actions had been coordinated by traitor Dmytro Ivantsov – former deputy head of [former president Viktor] Yanukovych’s safety workforce, who in February 2014 helped the fugitive president flee to Russia. Ivantsov himself stayed in Crimea, joined the ranks of the occupying forces and was recruited by the FSB."

• A supply advised Ukrainska Pravda that the person in query is Viktor Husarov.

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