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President Volodymyr Zelensky responded for the first time to the exposure by NABU and SAP of a criminal organization during the “Carthage” operation, which included officials from the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. He promised that there would be personnel decisions and said that he had approved a bill to restore asset declarations for all SBU employees.
The head of state said this in an address to Ukrainians.
“The most damage to the Russian occupiers is inflicted precisely by Alpha. And in fact, we would very much like to see only such results from all other components of the Security Service. Unfortunately, this week brought completely different news about the SBU — frankly unpleasant, frankly shameful, absolutely unacceptable things. And there have already been dismissals in the Security Service of Ukraine because of this, and there will be other personnel decisions. It is important that the investigation reveal the full truth about this situation, so that the instigators of the crimes, the instigators of violence against people, are all punished,” the president said.
He added that he had approved the bill to restore asset declarations for all employees of the Security Service.
“I have approved a bill to restore asset declarations for all SBU employees so that their lifestyle and everything they own are available for checks and accountability. Just as in other agencies, and, by the way, not only law enforcement. I urge parliamentarians to adopt this law immediately,” Zelensky emphasized.
He also noted that Ukraine needs partners’ assistance concerning the drug syndicate “Khimprom.”
“I know that we need partners’ support for this — regarding this so-called ‘Khimprom’ — and we have already discussed it with America at the appropriate level. A result is needed. There is information that this criminal has already begun his operations in Poland. There is also information that he is trying to enter Germany with synthetic drugs. We will pass all the information we have to our partners,” the president of Ukraine said.
Reminder:
4 November NABU and SAP reported that, as part of the “Carthage” operation, they exposed a criminal organization whose members arranged the systematic provision of unlawful benefits to senior officials of law enforcement agencies in exchange for unhindered operation of fraudulent call centers and other illegal businesses. The organization involved at least 12 people, including from the SBU, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the National Police, and the criminal underworld.
4 November, NABU officers, as part of the “Carthage” operation, detained the first deputy head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the SBU, General Serhiy Duka. The High Anti-Corruption Court remanded him in custody for 60 days with bail set at 65 million UAH.
NABU and SAP announced suspicions against five participants of the criminal organization uncovered in the “Carthage” operation: the founder and leader of the criminal organization Andriy Osipov, nicknamed “Kryminal”; the first deputy head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the SBU, Serhiy Duka; deputy head of the department of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv region, Oleksandr Demyanchuk; the first deputy head of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine, Volodymyr Tsenov; and an athlete from Zhytomyr region, Vitaliy Rybalko, nicknamed “Boxer.”
1 September 2026 the National Police of Ukraine, in cooperation with foreign colleagues from Albania and Kazakhstan, conducted a large-scale special operation and dismantled a network of recruitment call centers of the criminal community “Khimprom.” Under the guise of “easy earnings,” people were drawn into international drug trafficking — from working as operators and HR managers to performing functions as chemists, couriers, stash-site attendants, and logisticians.
During the “Carthage” operation it became known that the leader of the Russian drug syndicate “Khimprom” discussed bribing then-Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko so that he would not initiate a ban on the chemical formulas of their narcotic substances.
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