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Duka hearing raises access questions in Ukraine's Carthage investigation

Prosecutors challenge restrictions on journalists as a former security-service general denies allegations and receives a detention order with bail.

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СКАНДАЛЬНА ОПЕРАЦІЯ "КАРФАГЕН": НОВІ ПОДРОБИЦІ! ХТО ТАКИЙ СЕРГІЙ ДУКА, ЯКИЙ ФІГУРУЄ НА ПЛІВКАХ?

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0:30The report says a courtroom change left around 60 journalists unable to attend Duka's hearing.
2:13Prosecutor Mykola Karas challenges restrictions on access, arguing that the hearing should remain open.
7:05The report recounts Duka's detention and an armed confrontation between NABU and SBU special forces.
9:05Duka disputes the allegations and gives journalists his account of the detention.
13:00The court orders custody with the possibility of bail set at 65 million hryvnias, according to the report.
15:35The report examines NABU recordings and Anti-Corruption Action Center claims concerning Duka's family property.

A dispute over who could attend Serhii Duka's hearing runs through Ukrainian broadcaster Television News Service (TSN)'s report on Operation Carthage. The former senior Security Service of Ukraine official faces allegations of benefiting from underground call centers and the Khimprom criminal network, which he denies.

Presenter Alina Turyshyn reports that Judge Volodymyr Voronko moved the hearing to another courtroom, leaving around 60 journalists unable to attend. Duka's defense sought closed proceedings, while prosecutors argued for an open hearing. Prosecutor Mykola Karas questions the restrictions and says the prosecution has a right to know why access is being limited.

The case brings together institutions with different responsibilities. The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, handles internal security and counterintelligence. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau, NABU, investigates corruption, working with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, SAP, whose prosecutor appears in the report.

Duka, a major general and former deputy head of the SBU's department for protecting national statehood, speaks to journalists from a glass courtroom enclosure. He accuses SAP prosecutors of deliberately prolonging the proceedings. He also disputes the accusations and gives his account of investigators attempting to climb over the fence at the home where he was staying before dawn.

The report revisits his detention in Roslavychi and describes an armed confrontation between NABU special forces and the SBU's Alpha unit. It also reports allegations that Duka smashed phones and a hard drive before his detention. These are elements of the investigation described by the broadcaster, not findings of guilt.

According to the report, Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Duka held in custody, with the possibility of release on bail of 65 million hryvnias and additional obligations. The ruling concerns his position while the case proceeds, rather than a verdict on the allegations.

The later sections examine audio recordings released by NABU and the report's identification of Duka with the alias "Akim." They also present claims from Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Action Center concerning family property. The report closes its account with acting SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad's statement about cooperation with anti-corruption authorities and the dismissal of two officials.