The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine announced the arrest of assets of a number of Russian companies

“At the request of the prosecutors of the office of the Prosecutor General, the court seized property belonging to Russian corporations totaling more than 4.5 billion hryvnias (about $ 152.29 million -

),” the department’s Telegram channel reported.

It is alleged that during the pre-trial investigation, assets of Russian corporations hidden in offshore jurisdictions in Ukraine were discovered.

Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, which expands the authorities' ability to confiscate the assets of citizens and legal entities that support Russia's special operation.

At the end of May, the Security Service of Ukraine announced that it had initiated the arrest of the assets of the Rosneft group in the country.