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During the arrest of SBU General Serhiy Duka, who is suspected of participating in a criminal organization connected, among others, with the criminal group “Khimprom,” NABU detectives encountered resistance from armed people on the grounds of his private residence. This was reported by the head of the NABU detectives’ department, Oleksandr Abakumov.
According to him, one of the NABU officers tried to climb over the fence to open the gate, but an unknown armed man aimed a weapon with a laser sight at him and threatened to shoot. The detectives identified themselves, showed their IDs and a court order. Abakumov suggested that the armed people could have been fighters from the SBU special unit “Alpha.”
"We understand that it was an SBU special unit, most likely ‘Alpha.’ Then we saw at least two people with automatic weapons in the windows of the building who were controlling the perimeter. The general himself was standing at a window with a pistol. It was an extremely dangerous situation," Abakumov said.
According to the head of the detectives, he tried to negotiate with the general’s security. At the same time, buses with Alpha fighters and Duka’s lawyers began arriving at the house. The standoff lasted several hours. During this time, Abakumov claims, the general tried to destroy physical evidence.
"The general ran out onto the balcony and began smashing phones with a hammer. He completely destroyed two phones plus one hard drive," the NABU official stated.
Abakumov also said that, according to NABU information, the Alpha unit considered the possibility of a forceful intervention and removing the general from the property. However, later, when the situation gained significant public attention, they allegedly decided to abandon that option.
Eventually Serhiy Duka was detained. According to the investigation, he was a member of a criminal organization led by Andriy Osipov, known in NABU materials under the alias “Kryminal.”
Osipov was detained at the end of July during an attempt to hand a bribe to an official. During his arrest, three mobile phones were seized from him, access to the content of which detectives later obtained. According to the investigation, correspondence on these devices indicated that Osipov coordinated the activities of the criminal organization in Ukraine and had ties with high-ranking law enforcement officials.
According to NABU, members of the organization provided cover for illegal businesses, including fraudulent call centers and drug distribution, and were also involved in other crimes.
Separately, activist Mariya Barabash stated that Osipov’s correspondence mentions the surnames of a number of high-ranking officials. Among them she named Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi, former Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, National Police Head Maksym Tsutskeridze, Health Minister Viktor Liashko, as well as representatives of the SBU, the National Police, the Office of the Prosecutor General and judges, including those of the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv.
At the same time, these mentions and the activist’s assertions by themselves do not prove the involvement of the named individuals in criminal activity. Their possible links to the case’s figures require separate confirmation.
Earlier, Informator reported that NABU and the SAP commented on Kravchenko’s accusations regarding planning violent actions, which surfaced against the backdrop of the investigation into Operation “Carthage.”
We also wrote about the results of another large-scale anti-corruption investigation — Operation “Midas,” within which NABU and the SAP completed the investigation of a corruption scheme at Energoatom totaling over 111 million.
In addition, Informator wrote that NABU released a new series of tapes in the case of a raiding scheme in the capital worth 500 million hryvnias.
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