Reports circulated Monday claiming that Rustem Umerov – the former defense minister now serving as secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) – had stayed abroad to avoid a looming defense probe by the country’s anti-graft agency. However, a government-affiliated agency quickly dismissed the claims. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . Multiple outlets, including the Turkish-based account Clash Report, claimed on Monday that