This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to the acting head of the department of public relations and mass media of the department Maxim Bilousenko.

“Petro Poroshenko was summoned for interrogation at 09:30 on August 12,” he said.

It is clarified that Poroshenko will be questioned in the case of a possible tax evasion when buying LLC Direct Channel.

Earlier, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko said that Poroshenko is a witness in all cases in which his name appears.

At the same time, on July 17, the director of the State Security Bureau, Roman Truba, said that the bureau had opened 11 criminal cases against Poroshenko and other high-ranking officials.