ال-corruption bureau searches SBU internal security chief Anton Kravchuk
On 4 November, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau searched the office and premises of Colonel Anton Kravchuk, head of the SBU’s Main Internal Security Directorate. The search formed part of a second series of searches involving senior SBU officials that day. NACP did not disclose the legal basis or relevant proceedings.
أبرز النقاط
- NACP searched the SBU internal security chief, Colonel Anton Kravchuk, on 4 November
- The search followed earlier searches involving Serhii Duka, a deputy SBU national security protection chief
- This was the second series of searches involving senior SBU officials in one day
- SBU special forces reportedly arrived at the search site
- NACP said it would publish further information later
- Former prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko called the searches politically motivated
لماذا يهمّ ذلك
The searches affected two senior SBU officials responsible for internal security and national state protection. They also came amid criminal proceedings involving NACP director Semen Kryvonov and the close circle of SAPC head Oleksandr Klimenko and members of his family, heightening scrutiny of the agencies’ conduct and independence.
ماذا حدث
On 4 November, NACP officers searched the premises of Anton Kravchuk, who heads the SBU’s Main Internal Security Directorate. The action came after NACP searches involving Serhii Duka, the first deputy head of the SBU’s Department for the Protection of National State Security, and was described as part of another series of searches involving senior SBU officials that day. SBU special forces reportedly attended the search site. NACP reported that one senior SBU official threatened detectives with a weapon and obstructed investigative actions, while the agency did not disclose the proceedings to which the searches related and promised further information later.
كيف تصفه المصادر الأوكرانية
Ukrainian coverage focused on the identities and positions of the SBU officials searched, the sequence of enforcement actions and the presence of special forces. The reporting also linked the actions to criminal proceedings involving the NACP director and the SAPC head’s close circle. The political interpretation of the searches came from former prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko, who described them as revenge.
أين تختلف الروايات
The searches themselves were consistently reported, but their legal basis was not disclosed by NACP. Ruslan Kravchenko characterized the investigative actions as political revenge, whereas the available reports only confirm that the searches took place and provide no official details of the proceedings involved.
الخلفية
NACP said Serhii Duka threatened detectives with a weapon and obstructed the investigation. Units led by the senior SBU officials targeted in the searches participated in criminal proceedings involving the NACP director and the SAPC head’s close circle. Duka was also identified by ЦПК as one of the key participants in an attack on NACP in 2025.