8/4/2025 — ‘No evidence of ties to Russia’: NABU chief responds to SBU allegations against bureau officer Husarov

NABU officer Viktor Husarov during a court hearing, July 22, 2025 (Photo: Suspilne / Oleksii Arunian)

From: New Voice of Ukraine by: Alex Stezhensky

The head of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), Semen Kryvonos, said he was aware of the Security Service’s concerns about a possible Russian connection involving a bureau employee but was surprised by the man’s arrest, according to an interview with BBC News Ukraine on Aug. 3.

Kryvonos confirmed that the SBU had informed NABU that Viktor Husarov, a member of its special unit, might have shared information with individuals who defected to Russia after 2014–2015. He said the allegations were checked, but the SBU failed to provide “incontrovertible evidence” that Husarov worked for Russian intelligence.

Kryvonos added that Husarov wasn’t employed at NABU between 2012 and 2015 — the period under investigation — and the alleged collaborator in the case hadn’t yet been recognized as a traitor at the time.

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