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The mayor of Lviv showed the finding in a video and suggested that it could have been installed officially.
In the mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi's official car, authorities found a device resembling a listening device. This is already the second such case in the past year. Earlier, the mayor stated that there could be surveillance in his private office. Sadovyi announced the new finding in his Telegram channel and showed it in a video.
According to him, it has an antenna, a SIM card, and other components. The discovery was found after the car battery had fully discharged twice within a month. Also, a knocking sound started coming from the pillar inside the cabin.
Sadovyi handed the device over to law enforcement. He does not rule out that it could have been installed officially.
The mayor said: “If that’s the case, let the law enforcement officers just take it.”.
He also explained why he decided to tell the public about the find: “Publicity and transparency are my safety, so I’m informing you about this.”
In September 2025 year, in the office of the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, a third-party technical device was already found embedded in a charger for a phone. After that, the Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal case and stated that it would seize the equipment for examination and determine its origin.
Sadovyi also said that shortly before the discovery, meetings with Ukrainian government representatives and foreign guests were held in his office.
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