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On January 9, at the press center of the "Interfax-Ukraine" news agency, representatives of "Prista Oil-Ukraine LLC" and "Attollo Granum LLC" held a press conference on the topic "On Pressure by BES Employees on Enterprises in Odesa Port."

The conference was attended by Oleksandr Pavlenko, Director of "Attollo Granum LLC," Oleksandr Lototskyi, Director of "Prista Oil-Ukraine LLC," as well as the companies' lawyers, Valerii Snitkin and Oleksandr Zubrytskyi, who provided video evidence to support their statements.

The participants of the press conference claim that starting from December 19, detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine, under the pretext of alleged tax evasion, have been blocking the operations of dozens of enterprises operating in Odesa Port.

In 2024, "Attollo Granum LLC" paid UAH 25.73 million in direct taxes to the state. As of today, the company employs 192 workers who receive fair wages, with the payroll fund for 2024 amounting to UAH 57 million. At "Prista Oil-Ukraine LLC," over 160 people are currently employed, and the company paid UAH 26.5 million to local and state budgets last year.

"Not only businesses suffer from the blockades but also labor collectives – drivers, crane operators, and technical staff. During the operational blockade, the company's daily losses exceed UAH 750,000," emphasized Oleksandr Pavlenko, Director of "Attollo Granum LLC."

"Detectives arrive every morning at the search site, read a court ruling on the necessity of 'resuming' an investigative action, and by the evening of the same day, declare the 'suspension' of the investigative action. Meanwhile, the ruling of the Kyiv District Court of Odesa by Investigative Judge D.A. Tishko mentions searches but contains