Ukraine’s parliamentary temporary investigative commission has invited SBU Major General Serhii Duka to a meeting at 1 p.m. on November 18. The planned appearance creates a traceable parliamentary oversight step in the Carthage case after Duka’s release on bail, but it does not alter the criminal allegation or replace an investigation and court process.
Oleksii Honcharenko, the commission’s chair, announced the scheduled meeting on November 14. He said Duka had expressed a wish, after leaving pretrial detention, to attend and give his account of events. Honcharenko also said the formal invitation would be sent on Monday.
A parliamentary hearing can put questions and explanations into the public record. The commission says it examines possible violations involving defence, anti-corruption law and rights during martial law. Its hearing, however, cannot decide Duka’s criminal liability or determine whether the allegations in the Carthage case are substantiated.
According to Ukrainska Pravda, NABU and SAPO notified five people of suspicion as alleged members of a criminal organisation, including Duka. Investigators’ account is that the group arranged systematic bribes to senior law-enforcement officials so fraudulent call centres and other illegal businesses could operate without obstruction. That is the investigators’ allegation, not a court finding of guilt.
The supplied report does not say that Duka has accepted the invitation or will attend. It also does not provide the full agenda, a witness list, or the meeting’s public-access rules. Those details matter: a hearing is useful when it makes institutional questions clearer, but it should not become a substitute for evidence testing in the criminal process.
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- Українська правда · Source date: 2026-11-14
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