Center for Countering Disinformation denies information about Umerov's alleged refusal to return to Ukraine

In recent days, information has been circulating on the Internet that Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, has allegedly gone abroad and refuses to return to Ukraine. This information is not true. This is stated in a message of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).

The Center noted that the NSDC Secretary is currently on a planned official business trip. As of today, he is working in the United States of America, where he is holding a series of working consultations and meetings aimed at strengthening international support for Ukraine.

"Rustem Umerov remains in constant working contact with the leadership of the state, fulfills all the tasks set and continues to work on key issues of security, defense and humanitarian policy," the CCD said.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reporte, on November 13, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov said that he was in Qatar, where he was discussing the return of Ukrainian children deported by the aggressor country russia.