Now, the investigators of the department are preparing an appeal to the investigating judge with a petition to elect the detainee a preventive measure. As reported by the press service of the Security Service, investigators will require detainees to be held in custody.

The department also recalled that a criminal case was opened against an official under the article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine Treason. Currently, priority procedural actions are continuing, in particular, searches are conducted on the places of work and residence of an official, the press service explained..

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, yesterday the Security Service of Ukraine detained an official of the Cabinet of Ministers on suspicion of working for the special services of the Russian Federation.

Detained Stanislav Yezhov is deputy head of the protocol of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman. It should be noted that in Yezhov's e-declaration it is stated that his wife is a citizen of the Russian Federation.