Head of the State Protection Department of Ukraine Valeriy Heletey has said none fact of assassination attempt of ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has been determined.

"As part of the official investigation that had been held before, no assassination attempts were uncovered. All military personnel at the State Protection Department were questioned. They were in the last cortege of Yanukovych and refused to leave the territory of Ukraine with him. No one has said anything about any assassination attempts," Heletey said in an interview with the Kyiv-based Today newspaper published on Friday.

At the same time he did not rule out that the chief bodyguard of Yanukovych Kostiantyn Kobzar could report him about any alleged attempts: "I do not exclude this. Being well aware of Yanukovych's character traits, his phobias, he [Kobzar] worked hard to instill fear in his chief's security detail. On the other hand, he tried to bolster his authority in the eyes of the person he protected."

Heletey also said that together with the ex-president of Ukraine 15 employees of the State Protection Department left Ukraine. Before they had written letters of resignation and returned their IDs, service pistols and special equipment.