SAPD demanded to take the SBU General Sergei Duka into custody with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 100 million hryvnia. During a court hearing in the Supreme Court against corruption, the SBU General, Sergei Duka, opposed the prosecutor's request and stated that he did not intend to hide from the investigation. He also referred to the circumstances of NABU's investigative operations near his home and accused the anti-corruption authorities of politicizing the case. According to Duka, NABU officers arrived at his house around 5:20 am and tried to climb over the fence. After that, the perimeter security system was activated and the employees of the special unit SBU Alpha, who ensure its security, began to respond to the intrusion. "At 5:20 in the morning, Nebuchadnezzar policemen tried to climb over the fence of the house where I lived. The peripheral system has been activated. I have been a protected person for a long time, I am protected by Alpha employees. Alpha employees began to warn people that this should not be done. About an hour later, apparently, they found out that these were NABU employees. No one knew about it, it was night," said the general. Duka denied allegations that Alpha employees interfered with the legitimate activities of NABU detectives. According to him, the detectives did not identify themselves properly and did not take the opportunity to contact him through the gate. "And the fact that Abakumov now says that he showed his ID, he never showed it anywhere. The gate has something to do with the house. If they called and said it was NABU and they were coming with a court order, I would let them in,” Duka said. The general emphasized that he does not guide the actions of the special forces officers who provide him with his protection. "When the security voltage is turned on and Alpha starts working, only the chairman of the SBU can give them the order to stop their actions. That's it, there is no other option. I don't influence them, they are at work. I can't tell them whether to work or not to work," he said.

SAPD demanded to take the SBU General Sergei Duka into custody with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 100 million hryvnia. During a court hearing in the Supreme Court against corruption, the SBU General, Sergei Duka, opposed the prosecutor's request and stated that he did not intend to hide from the investigation. He also referred to the circumstances of NABU's investigative operations near his home and accused the anti-corruption authorities of politicizing the case. According to Duka, NABU officers arrived at his house around 5:20 am and tried to climb over the fence. After that, the perimeter security system was activated and the employees of the special unit SBU Alpha, who ensure its security, began to respond to the intrusion. "At 5:20 in the morning, Nebuchadnezzar policemen tried to climb over the fence of the house where I lived. The peripheral system has been activated. I have been a protected person for a long time, I am protected by Alpha employees. Alpha employees began to warn people that this should not be done. About an hour later, apparently, they found out that these were NABU employees. No one knew about it, it was night," said the general. Duka denied allegations that Alpha employees interfered with the legitimate activities of NABU detectives. According to him, the detectives did not identify themselves properly and did not take the opportunity to contact him through the gate. "And the fact that Abakumov now says that he showed his ID, he never showed it anywhere. The gate has something to do with the house. If they called and said it was NABU and they were coming with a court order, I would let them in,” Duka said. The general emphasized that he does not guide the actions of the special forces officers who provide him with his protection. "When the security voltage is turned on and Alpha starts working, only the chairman of the SBU can give them the order to stop their actions. That's it, there is no other option. I don't influence them, they are at work. I can't tell them whether to work or not to work," he said.