People's Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko stated that a listening device was found in a car used by him and his family. He wrote about this in his Telegram.
The MP said he called the police and an investigative operational team was supposed to arrive at the scene.
Honcharenko published a video showing a device with a microphone.
"A wiretap in the car of a people's deputy, used by a people's deputy, member of the permanent delegation of Ukraine to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, head of the temporary investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada. This is a very bad story," Honcharenko said.
He stated that he would discuss the situation in the Verkhovna Rada and PACE.
Why this is not simply "a bug was found"
There is a practical nuance hidden here that is rarely explained in the news: the law allows the installation of wiretapping devices on a people's deputy, but only through a special procedure — with a court order and notification to the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. This is prescribed specifically to prevent the executive branch or special services from quietly monitoring opposition or inconvenient politicians under the pretext of "operative work".
If the device was installed without such a procedure — it is no longer a technical matter, but a violation of constitutional guarantees of deputy activities. The difference is fundamental: legal wiretapping leaves a paper trail that can be verified after the fact, illegal wiretapping leaves only the device itself and the question of "who and why".
Investigative commissions as a risk point
Honcharenko links the incident to his work as head of the temporary investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada — a body that by definition investigates issues sensitive to those in power.
"I understand that the authorities greatly dislike both the questions I ask and the work of my TIC," the deputy said.
This is not the first similar incident in recent months: on September 18, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyy reported an unknown device in his car, and in February 2026 the NABU announced an attempt to install a wiretap in the home of a detective division head. Three stories of different scales, but with the same subtext — surveillance becomes a tool of pressure on people whose work creates problems for those in power.
The question that should remain in focus: will the investigation conduct a technical examination of the device publicly and name those responsible, or will this story, like previous ones, fade away in statements without results.
