"Investigators of the territorial administration of the State Bureau of Investigation, located in the city of Kiev, have put on the wanted list a lieutenant colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine," the press service of the State Bureau said.

It is noted that the lieutenant colonel is suspected of treason.

It is also reported that, according to the version of the pre-trial investigation, the suspect “collected and transmitted information with limited access, including those constituting a state secret”.

It is clarified that a criminal case on this issue was launched on January 5, 2018.

Earlier, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine opened a criminal case against the former head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak at the request of the court.