The Security Service continues to identify and block assets of representatives of pro-Kremlin corporations involved in financing the war against Ukraine.

As a result of investigative and operational actions together with the detectives of the Security Service of Ukraine, the location of the underground warehouses of the Russian Federation, where more than 160 thousand tons of Ukrainian iron ore were stored, was established.

Hidden raw materials were discovered on the territory of several seaports of Ukraine. The total value of extracted minerals is almost UAH 2 billion.

It was established that the found batch of iron ore belonged to the company of a Russian oligarch, who is part of the inner circle of the Kremlin's top military and political leadership, Alisher Usmanov.

After February 24 of this year, sanctions were imposed on him by the National Security Council of Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union.

According to operational information, the representatives of the aggressor country tried to illegally transport hidden raw materials by sea vessels to the territory of Russia.

After that, the minerals were planned to be transferred to the needs of the metallurgical industry and the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation to meet the needs of the Russian occupation groups.

However, SSU employees foiled these plans of Moscow.

According to the materials of the Security Service, the seized property has been seized and the issue of its transfer to the National Agency for Identification, Search and Agency for Investigation and Management of Assets (ARMA) is being resolved.

Comprehensive measures are underway to reveal all the hidden assets of Russian oligarchs involved in preparing and conducting full-scale aggression against Ukraine.

Investigative and operative actions were carried out by SSU employees together with detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office.