Approximately two weeks ago, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) recorded surveillance of its employee while he was performing official duties.
This was stated by the NABU head Semen Kryvonos at a joint briefing with the head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutorʼs Office (SAPO) Oleksandr Klymenko.
According to Kryvonos, this case of surveillance of a NABU employee is not an isolated one: "We simply donʼt talk about everything and donʼt publish everything, because the issue is the protection of our materials and information."
"If we identified, for example, surveillance of our employee who was performing certain tasks related to the Bureauʼs activities at that time, then we certainly would not publish this fact. But this fact existed. And it was quite recently — literally two weeks ago. That is, this is happening constantly," said Kryvonos.
At the same time, he noted: there is no conflict between NABU and SBU, but the Bureau records illegal actions against its employees by the special service, which Kryvonos called "senseless and illegal".
Among such actions, according to the NABU director, is constant monitoring of registers, in particular the judicial one, and the "Safe City" system, as well as tracking the movements of the Bureauʼs detectives.
Kryvonos also stated that NABU is receiving information about possible pressure on judges who are considering cases against the Bureauʼs detectives.
In particular, calls from certain departments of SBU to such judges are recorded. However, according to Kryvonos, the judges themselves do not publicly declare such pressure and do not seek protection from the Prosecutor General or the High Council of Justice.
The NABU head said that much of the problem stems from the events of July 2025, when NABU and SAPO were attacked. According to him, many detectives are still under investigation, and employees whom the Bureau considers involved in the attacks and falsification of investigations continue to work or have received promotions.
- This is not the first time that NABU has claimed pressure on the activities of its employees. In particular, in May, Semen Kryvonos claimed that some SBU employees pressured experts in the case of laundering UAH 460 million in luxury real estate near Kyiv, which involves the former head of the Presidentʼs Office Andriy Yermak.
- And in June, a wiretap was found in the apartment of the head of one of the NABU detective units. At that time, NABU said that people who identified themselves as law enforcement officers came to the neighbor of their employee and said that a Russian spy was living under his roof. Detectives identified one of these men as an active SBU employee.
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