The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) has not got official information on the detention of ex-Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Eduard Stavytsky in Israel.

"We have no confirmation of this information," the head of the special investigations department in the PGO, Serhiy Horbatiuk, told Interfax-Ukraine.

He informed the prosecutor authorities appealed to the Ukrainian Interpol so that its representatives through their channels contact Israeli counterparts to obtain necessary information.

The director of the communications department of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine, Artem Shevchenko, in turn, told reporters "the ministry has not got any official comments from the Israeli side."

An informed source told the agency Stavytsky was searched earlier, there is no official confirmation of his detention in Israel.

"I'll tell you exactly what Stavytsky was search a few weeks ago. Then a lot of money was found, whose origin he could not explain," the source said.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has no official information about the detention of Stavytsky.