Russia recruiting kids via social media for terror attacks, SBU warns parents
The Security Service of Ukraine says Russian intelligence is on a targeted hunt for minors on social media to manipulate them into committing acts of terror.
Crime
24 March 2025
20 March 2025
Explosion in central Rivne injures two people
A homemade explosive device detonated in a car near a shopping mall in Rivne, injuring the driver and a passenger, both of whom were hospitalized.
Ukraine charges occupation administration official with “Russifying” Ukrainian schools
The Security Service has exposed another enemy accomplice in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region, pressing criminal charges against the suspect.
18 March 2025
Land corruption in Kyiv: bail set for key figures in NABU special operation
Bail has been set for the suspects involved in the National Anti-Corruption Bureau's (NABU) investigation into the embezzlement of municipal land in Kyiv.
17 March 2025
Court arrests suspect in murder of Odesa activist Hanul
The Kyiv District Court of Odesa has imposed a pre-trial restraint on Serhiy Shalaev, a suspect in the murder of activist Demian Hanul, in the form of detention without bail.
14 March 2025
Suspect in murder of Odesa activist Hanul detained – interior minister
Law enforcement officers have detained a man suspected of murdering activist Demian Hanul.
Ukrainian activist shot dead in central Odesa
On March 14, around 10:30, a man was shot dead in the center of Odesa.
NABU to place ex-Kyiv City Council deputy Komarnytskyi on international wanted list
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) will seek to place former Kyiv City Council deputy Denys Komarnytskyi, a key suspect in the "Clean City" case, on the international wanted list.
13 March 2025
Land corruption: Klitschko announces dismissals in Kyiv City Administration
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced the dismissal of several key officials in the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) due to recent corruption scandals related to land issues in the capital.
Russian agent arrested in Mykolaiv for planning double terrorist attack in residential area
A 33-year-old woman was arrested in Mykolaiv for planning a terrorist attack in a residential district of the city on instructions from Russia.
12 March 2025
Terrorist attack near railway station in Ivano-Frankivsk orchestrated by Russia – SSU
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has established that in the evening of March 11, Russian intelligence services orchestrated a terrorist attack by detonating two of their own agents, who were transporting a homemade explosive device near the railway station in Ivano-Frankivsk.
774,000-year-old mammoth tooth plates seized en route from Ukraine to Bulgaria
Kyiv customs officers found 13 plates made of mammoth teeth, which are at least 774,000 years old, in an international mail shipment sent by a Lviv resident to Bulgaria
Ukraine presses charges against two Russian governors for financing war
The Security Service has targeted the governors of Russia’s Irkutsk Transbaikal regions with charges of financing the war effort against Ukraine
04 March 2025
SSU detains two spotters directing strikes on Kramatorsk, Sloviansk
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained two enemy spotters who helped direct Russian strikes on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
28 February 2025
SBU exposes Russian agents coordinating enemy strikes in Cherkasy, Poltava regions
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two agents of the Russian special services who were collecting data on the locations of Ukraine’s defense forces in the Poltava and Cherkasy regions.
26 February 2025
Arson attacks on Ukrzaliznytsia: three Russian agents detained in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk Regions
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police have detained three more agents of the Russian special services who carried out ordered arson attacks on relay cabinets of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian railway) in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
21 February 2025
Ex-head of state company suspected of laundering nearly UAH 400M from Ukroboronprom
The former CEO of a state-owned arms trading company has been exposed for laundering over UAH 387 million belonging to enterprises within the Ukroboronprom defense conglomerate through France.
20 February 2025
Court in Mykolaiv arrests four schoolchildren suspected of terrorist attack
A court in Mykolaiv has ordered the detention, with no right to post bail, of four schoolchildren from a Poltava region settlement, suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack that resulted in four deaths.
11 February 2025
Local resident in Khmelnytskyi arrested for collaborating with Russian intelligence
A 23-year-old local resident of Khmelnytskyi has been taken into custody without the right to bail after being accused of gathering intelligence on military locations for the enemy and committing sabotage.
Two 'judges' from Crimea sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason
Two former judges from the Sudak and Kerch city courts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea have been sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason.
10 February 2025
Couple sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany for murder of two Ukrainian women
The regional court in the city of Mannheim, southern Germany, has sentenced a 45-year-old woman and her 43-year-old husband to life imprisonment for the murder of a Ukrainian woman and her mother in March 2024, as well as the abduction of a child.
Psychotherapist, UOC-MP deacon arrested in Kharkiv for spying on AFU
In Kharkiv, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a psychotherapist and a deacon from the Kharkiv diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) who were spying on the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the behest of Russian intelligence services.
08 February 2025
Six "crime lords" charged in Dnipropetrovsk region
Under the procedural supervision of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office, six individuals have been charged with establishing and spreading criminal influence, organizing, and participating in criminal gatherings.
SSU detains Russian agent adjusting airstrikes in Kramatorsk sector
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a Russian agent in Donetsk region who was directing enemy fire at the Ukrainian Defense Forces' locations in the Kramatorsk sector.
06 February 2025
Detained Dutch microchip company worker had ties to Russian intelligence - media
A former employee of a microchip producing company, recently arrested in the Netherlands, had contacts with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Russian commander sentenced in absentia for torturing civilians in Mykolaiv region
The commander of a Russian special operation forces unit, who had given orders and participated in the torture of civilians during the temporary capture of Snihurivka, Mykolaiv region, was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison.
05 February 2025
Blasts at draft offices: nine incidents recorded since year-start
Since the beginning of the year, nine sabotage incidents and terrorist attacks similar to the explosion in the Kamianets-Podilskyi military recruitment center have been recorded in Ukraine.
Explosion near TRC in Kamianets-Podilskyi: one dead, four injured
An explosion occurred near the building of the Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region, resulting in one death and four injuries.
04 February 2025
Russian plot to blow up patrol police squad thwarted in Bukovyna
The SBU, together with the National Police, detained in Chernivtsi region two Russian accomplices who, on the instruction of their handlers, had planned a terrorist attack targeting Ukrainian law enforcers.