“According to the data obtained by the State Security Service of Ukraine and the State Security Directorate, officials of the Cyprus offshore companies NEWSONE and one of the Russian banks that provide the Russian defense order are the same persons. In this regard, today a criminal case on the financing of terrorism has been registered, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine opened a criminal case about an attempt at treason in connection with the plans of the NEWSONE channel to hold a teleconference with Russia.

The event was to be held on July 12th.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky expressed the opinion that the announced teleconference is a dangerous pre-election PR move by a number of politicians.