Ukraine Investigates Discovery of Bugging Device Linked to Top General

The Facts

• A bugging device was said to be discovered in the office of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi on Sunday, military sources told the Ukrainian publication Ukrainska Pravda. The device was reportedly discovered Sunday during a typical inspection according to the publication.

• "The room was to have been the Commander-in-Chief's new office and was being inspected prior to him moving into it," the outlet further reported. "Similar devices were also planted in the offices of Zaluzhnyi’s colleagues."

• Later on Sunday, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said in a statement that it had opened a criminal probe into the discovery. The SBU also insisted that the office where the "listening devices" were found had not been used by the general. "We emphasize that the device was found not directly in Zaluzhnyi's office, but in one of the premises that could have been used by him in the future for work," the agency said.