During the war, the National Police of Ukraine identified and transferred to the SBU materials on 126 groups with signs of sabotage and reconnaissance forces in the Checkpoint police base, in which, in particular, checks are carried out to identify sabotage and reconnaissance forces, there are almost 2.5 million people.

In an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine, answering a question of whether the police continue to help the SBU identify potential saboteurs and intelligence officers, Chief of the National Police of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky said: "Yes, we are in constant contact with the SBU, exchange information, work to identify sabotage and reconnaissance forces. They are certainly not as active now as they were at the beginning of the war."

"During the entire period of the full-scale invasion, the police identified a little more than 1,500 people, this is over 126 groups with signs of sabotage and reconnaissance forces, all materials on them were transferred to the SBU," the National Police chief said.

Vyhovsky said work to identify sabotage and reconnaissance forces does not stop; any information that the police receives about the involvement of certain individuals in intelligence and sabotage activities is immediately transferred to the special service.

Speaking about the Checkpoint database subsystem of the National Police, Vyhovsky said there are now almost 2.5 million people in it.

"Almost 135,000 are members of illegal armed groups, some 58,000 people who may be involved in collaboration activities, also traitors, deserters, sanctioned persons, some 154,000 representatives of the Russian armed forces, about 300 possibly involved in participation in the sabotage and reconnaissance forces, almost 500 of those who represent the so-called 'operational interest," the National Police chief said.