The interlocutors of the publication said that the employees of several ministries were tested on a lie detector, but they did not specify how many people have already checked.
According to media reports, the OP of Ukraine refused to comment.
The article states that the investigation was launched after the publication of the details of the “Subsoil Agreement” project on March 26 by the People’s Deputy of the Voice party Yaroslav Zheleznyak, who stated that he received a copy of the document. FT notes that she also received a document and published its content the next day.
Zelensky at a briefing on March 28 told reporters that he considers a “strange” leak of the American document.
“I wonder who transmits this information,” he said.
Context
Ukraine and the United States agreed to sign an agreement on the access of Americans to Ukrainian natural resources. At first, it was only about rare earth metals, but then the terms of the transaction were expanded. The approval of the text lasted several weeks, there were several options for the project. The Ukrainian side wants the document to be prescribed by clear security guarantees that, as part of the United States agreement, will be provided to Ukraine, as well as that the conditions for the need to compensate for the assistance already provided to Ukraine are not prescribed there. Zelensky said that Ukraine “ It should not recognize grants as debts, like it or not like it. “
The agreement was planned to be signed in Washington on February 28, however, at a briefing in the White House between Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and US vice-president Jay Di Di Di Vensu arose. The Americans accused Zelensky of “ingratitude” and “disrespect”. As a result, the Ukrainian delegation left the White House ahead of schedule, did not sign the agreements, and Trump said that Zelensky was not ready for the world with the participation of the United States.
CBS News, citing sources, said that now Trump is striving for a “greater, better agreement” And he wants to change it.
On March 27, “Suprilna”, citing sources, informed that the Ukrainian government team analyzes a new agreement, but already sees that it is a “step back”. Ukrainian officials told Financial Times that this proposal could blow up the country's sovereignty, make profit abroad and strengthen its dependence on Washington.
On March 28, “European Pravda” wrote that in the draft agreement on the development of Ukrainian rare -earth fossils, which the United States transferred to Ukraine on March 23, the American side abandoned previously agreed compromise decisions and demanded that Kyiv return “debt” for the assistance provided with interest.
On March 30, Trump said that Zelensky wants to abandon the most important agreement on mining.
On April 1, Sibiga said that Ukraine and the USA are working on an expanded agreement on mineral resources, which will be mutually acceptable to both parties and in no case would contradict Ukraine entering the European Union. Before that, he confirmed that Ukraine began consultations on the text of an agreement on minerals proposed by the American side.
On April 4, Zelensky said that at the beginning of next week, the team working on an agreement with the United States on minerals will present him the main aspects of the future agreement.
