SBU detains Russian agent who directed strikes on Odesa
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian agent who was adjusting strikes on Odesa and gathering intelligence on Ukrainian troops.
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16 September 2025
SSU exposes alleged FSB agent inside Ukrainian army UAV unit
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), with the assistance of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, has exposed an FSB agent within a UAV unit.
13 September 2025
SBU detains Russian informant spying on Ukrainian defense in Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has detained an informant working for Russia’s FSB who was spying on Ukrainian troops engaged in frontline combat in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions
12 September 2025
Ukraine cracks global hacking ring behind billions in damages — FBI offers USD 10M for leader
Ukrainian law enforcement, in cooperation with authorities from the United States, EU countries, and Europol, dismantled a hacker group that blocked access to servers of major global companies in order to extort ransom payments.
11 September 2025
Russian agent who attempted to blow up police officers in Kyiv sentenced to 9 years in prison
The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv sentenced a Russian special services agent to nine years in prison for attempting to blow up a police patrol in the capital in November 2024.
10 September 2025
Murder of Ukrainian refugee in U.S.: Justice Department demands death penalty for attacker
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed federal charges against Decarlos Brown for the murder of a Ukrainian refugee on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina.
06 September 2025
Over 80 draft dodgers smuggled abroad: five border guards detained in Lviv region
The State Bureau of Investigation, together with the Internal and Personal Security Office of the State Border Guard Service, exposed five border guards who facilitated the illegal departure of at least 80 men of conscription age from Ukraine.
05 September 2025
Engineer turned FSB agent arrested in Donetsk region for aiding Russian offensive on Kostiantynivka
In Donetsk region, military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained another FSB agent – an engineer at a local enterprise, who was assisting the Russians in planning new offensive operations against Ukriane’s Defense Forces positions near Kostiantynivka.
02 September 2025
SSU calls charges against General Vitiuk retaliation for detention of NABU detectives
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said that the corruption charges brought against Brigadier General Illia Vitiuk are retaliation for the recent detention of two National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detectives.
Top SSU officer accused of illegal enrichment
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have charged a senior officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) with illegal enrichment and false asset declarations.
Police uncover UAH 25M embezzlement scheme for electricity supply to AFU
Ukraine’s National Police have exposed a scheme involving the embezzlement of UAH 25 million allocated for electricity supply to the Armed Forces. The scheme implicated a former head of housing and maintenance departments in two regions and the director of a company under their control.
Parubiy murder suspect admits guilt
Before the start of a court hearing at the Halytskyi District Court in Lviv, the man suspected of murdering MP and former Speaker of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy admitted his guilt while speaking to journalists.
Illegal logging in Chornobyl zone causes over UAH 77M in environmental damage
Law enforcement officials have charged the director of a limited liability company with illegally felling more than 1,000 trees in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, resulting in environmental damage estimated at over UAH 77 million.
01 September 2025
16-year-old Ukrainian girl pushed under train in Germany
In Germany, a 16-year-old girl died after being hit by a train when she was pushed onto the tracks by an Iraqi refugee who had long been due for deportation.
Parubiy murder: investigators do not rule out that suspect intended to flee abroad
Investigators do not rule out that the suspect in the murder of former Verkhovna Rada chairman and MP of the IX convocation Andriy Parubiy intended to flee abroad.
Murder of Parubiy: Regional Prosecutor’s Office signs suspicion against 52-year-old Lviv resident
Head of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office Mykola Meret signed a suspicion notice against a 52-year-old Lviv resident in the case of the murder of former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and Member of Parliament of the 9th convocation Andriy Parubiy.
Suspect in Parubiy’s murder detained in Khmelnytskyi region
Law enforcement officers in the Khmelnytskyi region have detained a suspect in the murder of former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy.
28 August 2025
Ukraine prosecutors file cases over UAH 248M defense sector losses
Prosecutors have charged 16 individuals and submitted 12 indictments to court in cases concerning losses to the state worth UAH 248 million in the defense sector. The abuses involved procurement of substandard uniforms, defective software, theft of fuel, and fraud in food supplies for the military.
27 August 2025
SSU foils plant worker guiding enemy missile strikes in five regions
Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine detained a 40-year-old chemical plant worker who, on behalf of the Russian special services, transmitted the coordinates of Defense Forces facilities in the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, and Lviv regions.
Two Russians suspected of recent murder in Belgium detained in Poland
Polish law enforcement officers have detained two Russian citizens suspected of a murder committed in Belgium at the end of last week.
SSU detains Russian spy preparing terrorist attacks in Kyiv
Cyber specialists of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) exposed in Kyiv a Russian agent who was helping the occupiers prepare new strikes on the capital and terrorist attacks.
26 August 2025
Ukrainian refugee killed in United States
A 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, who recently fled Ukraine to the United States because of the war, was killed at a train station in the state of North Carolina.
Scheme worth tens of billions uncovered in Odesa region: Military and civilians smuggle draft dodgers to Transnistria
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has uncovered an organized criminal group in the Odesa region that was engaged in the illegal smuggling of men subject to military service to the unrecognized Transnistria.
Russian agent guides strikes on Odesa region while posing as woman
A court has sentenced a Russian agent to 15 years in prison with property confiscation for directing Russia’s missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s southern region.
25 August 2025
Russian agent preparing missile strike on territorial recruitment center detained in Chernihiv
The military counterintelligence service of the Security Service of Ukraine detained an FSB agent in Chernihiv who was preparing a strike on the local territorial recruitment center.
State Border Guard Service believes legislation on border violators is not strict enough
The administrative penalties for violating the state border provided by current legislation do not deter violators from committing such actions and are insufficiently effective in combating this phenomenon.
24 August 2025
Lithuania stops multi-country scheme circumventing sanctions against Russia
The Criminal Service of Lithuania’s Customs Department has revealed a “particularly audacious” scheme to circumvent international sanctions against Russia, organized by 11 individuals.
22 August 2025
SBI foils fraud scheme to misappropriate nearly 500 hectares of state-owned land in Dnipropetrovsk region
Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) exposed former officials of the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre involved in the unlawful seizure of more than 500 hectares of land belonging to the state enterprise “DG Dnipro” of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agriculture NAAS” in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
19 August 2025
SBU uncovers Russian spy network behind airstrikes on Kyiv and sabotage in Odesa region
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has exposed a covert network of Russian military intelligence operatives (commonly known as the GRU) responsible for coordinating Russian airstrikes on Kyiv and organizing sabotage operations in southern Ukraine.
14 August 2025
SSU dismantles Russian spy ring plotting missile strike in Odesa region
The military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine has neutralized a spy ring of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) that was coordinating Russian air strikes on defense infrastructure in Southern Ukraine.