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The Ukrainian media association Mediarukh is demanding that criminal proceedings be opened against employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and an enlistment office following an incident involving an investigative journalist from Slidstvo.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he does not care who paid for the illegal surveillance of Bihus.Info journalists, since the head of the relevant Security Service of Ukraine department has been fired and investigators will be able to discover the truth.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has said in a response to an inquiry that its employees involved in the surveillance of Bihus.Info journalists have been deployed to the zone of military operations, including Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
Another investigation has been launched into the illegal collection of information about representatives of the Bihus.Info investigative outlet, this time regarding obstruction of the professional activities of journalists.