MOSCOW, December 18. /TASS/. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the General Staff of the Armed Forces have left their offices for security reasons in February 2022 and keep relocating occasionally, said Anna Malyar, a former Ukrainian deputy defense minister.

"Both the ministry and the General Staff have left their official premises," she said in an interview with Radio NV. "This is due to security reasons."

"Afterward, we all moved offices several times," she continued.

Malyar said she had changed offices and locations about five times within one year of large-scale military operations.

On Sunday, Ukrainian news media reported that listening devices had been found in the office of Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny. The Security Service of Ukraine said the bugs were discovered in an office that the commander could use in the future, and not in his current office. The agency also said the device was not in a working condition. On Monday, Zaluzhny confirmed the discovery of the listening device.