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Lawyer Masi Naiyem reported the completion of a Security Service of Ukraine search at an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. According to him, the serviceman will not be detained because no suspicion was announced to him. This was reported by Glavcom citing his statement.
“The search of the HUR MoD employee is complete. The serviceman’s handcuffs were removed. He will not be detained, and there is no suspicion,” Naiyem said.
According to the lawyer, during the investigative actions law enforcement seized electronic devices that, among other things, contain information of an official nature. The HUR employee was also handed a summons to appear for questioning.
Naiyem added that at the start of the search threats of physical violence were allegedly directed at his client. The lawyer said he will continue to defend the serviceman and will insist on upholding his procedural rights.
The search took place on 6 November as part of a criminal proceeding regarding events that occurred in the summer of 2026 in Monaco. It concerns the attempted murder case of Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev. The SBU confirmed that investigative actions were carried out in Kyiv. The National Police is also involved in the investigation, and procedural supervision is being exercised by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
The HUR confirmed that searches were conducted at one of the agency’s employees. At the same time, a source stressed that under the Law “On Intelligence” investigative actions concerning a current intelligence employee must be carried out with the knowledge of and exclusively in the presence of authorized representatives of the intelligence agency. According to him, this requirement was not observed.
Recall that the explosion near Yermolaiev’s home in Monaco occurred on the evening of 29 June; the businessman himself, his partner, and his son were injured. In July the SBU restored a deleted recording from a camera that the perpetrators installed near the crime scene to confirm fulfillment of the contract—these very pieces of evidence formed the basis for suspicions against Reut and Zhykovich.
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