The press center of the Security Service of Ukraine confirmed to the BBC that in the "firing list" of journalists and bloggers published in the Ukrainian press the same names are indicated, as in the list seized during the special operation of the Security Service.
On the eve of one of the anti-Ukrainian Internet publications published spisokiz 47 journalists and bloggers whose lives, according to the Ukrainian special services, are under threat.
According to the publication, Boris Herman, a suspect in the attempt on journalist Arkady Babchenko, allegedly received this list from Vyacheslav Breweries, whom he called an employee of the "private fund of Putin," responsible for "Ukraine and terrorist attacks". The Kremlin denies the existence of such a fund.
On the site were published photos of the list itself - it was noted that it does not have the name of Arkady Babchenko, whom the killers allegedly wanted to kill first. Soon, the press service of the SBU reported that because of the publication of the list, the department instituted a criminal case under the article "disclosure of pre-trial investigation data".
In the SBU reported that "the publication lists the names of citizens of Ukraine and foreign countries, which were planned to be physically destroyed as a result of terrorist acts on the territory of our country".
"At the same time, relevant data to anyone, including the author of the publication of the above-mentioned Internet resource, the body of pre-trial investigation and the procedural leader were not provided," the press service said..
On Wednesday, Verkhovna Rada deputy Anton Gerashchenko called for punishing law enforcement officers who disclosed information on 47 potential killer victims.
On May 29, police in Kiev reported that Arkady Babchenko was shot dead in his home. The next day, the SBU announced that the murder was a staged one, which was organized in connection with the need to disclose the attempt on it.
Later, Attorney General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko announced the discovery of a list of 47 people who allegedly were preparing an assassination attempt.