Terrorist attack in Zakarpattia: 19 victims in hospital
As a result of the terrorist attack in Keretsky in the Zakarpattia region, two dozen people are still in hospital, three of them in serious condition.
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18 December 2023
17 December 2023
Probe launched after wiretapping device found potentially targeting CinC Zaluzhnyi
The Security Service of Ukraine has opened a criminal case following a discovery of a wiretapping device in one of the potential officers of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
14 December 2023
ICC could probe Russia’s use of POWs as "human shield" - ombudsman
The International Criminal Court could open a separate case against the Russian military over using Ukrainian prisoners of war as human shield on the battlefield.
10 December 2023
Ukraine probing 3,440 Russian war crimes committed against children - top prosecutor
Ukraine’s law enforcers are investigating a total of 3,440 war crimes Russian invasion forces committed against Ukrainian children.
09 December 2023
Finland’s police probing member of Russia’s neo-Nazi group earlier released by court
The Central Criminal Police of Finland has initiated a pre-trial investigation against Vojislav Torden (aka Yan Petrovsky), a known member of Russia’s Rusich neo-Nazi organization, who is suspected of crimes of terror in Ukraine.
08 December 2023
Finland’s court released suspected Russian terrorist from custody - media
The Supreme Court of Finland ruled to immediately release from custody Voyislav Torden (Yan Petrovsky), a Russian national known as one of the leaders of the Rusich neo-Nazi group, who is suspected of terrorist crimes in Ukraine.
05 December 2023
Finnish customs suspects two companies of sending almost 3,500 drones to Russia
Finnish customs suspects that two companies were shipping products to Russia that may be subject to EU sanctions.
National Police opens more than 102,300 criminal proceedings over Russian crimes in Ukraine
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the National Police of Ukraine has opened more than 102,300 criminal proceedings to investigate the crimes committed by Russians and their accomplices in Ukraine.
28 November 2023
Bukovyna: organizer of scheme for evaders caught red-handed
In the Chernivtsi region, border guards exposed a local resident who organized illegal transportation across the state border.
26 November 2023
Dutch forensic team completes Ukraine deployment
The Dutch forensic team, which investigated war crimes in Ukraine, has returned to the Netherlands.
15 November 2023
Some 182,000 Russian war criminals already identified - Anti-Corruption HQ
Slidstvo.Info journalists and activists with the Anti-Corruption Headquarters nonprofit have identified 182,000 Russian war criminals involved in the ongoing war against Ukraine.
Russian asset collecting data on military airfields detained in Mykolaiv
In Mykolaiv, the Security Service of Ukraine detained an FSB informant, who had been gathering intelligence on the locations of military bases and movement of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
13 November 2023
Ukrainian traitor who helped Russia aim deadly Kharkiv strike jailed for life
A Russian intelligence asset who helped Russian invasion forces launch missiles at the Kharkiv Regional State Administration and other facilities in the city was sentenced to life in prison.
07 November 2023
Case of Zaluzhnyi's aide's death transferred to SBI
The National Police has directed a criminal investigation to the State Bureau of Investigation into the grenade explosion that led to the death of a serviceman, Aide Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
06 November 2023
In Cherkasy region, juvenile driver runs over two children, killing nine-year-old boy
In Shpola, in the Cherkasy region, an underage driver ran over two children, the boy died and his sister was hospitalized.
04 November 2023
Ukraine presses charges against Russian church leader Kirill
Ukraine’s law enforcement have formally accused Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church of encroaching on the country’s territorial integrity and inviolability, as well as justifying Russia’s armed aggression.
Moscow Patriarchate’s cleric sentenced in Ukraine for setting church on fire
In Bukovyna, a monk from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) who burned down the church run by his own denomination was sentenced to five and a half years in prison.
Prosecutors hand UAH 450M in seized funds to defense intel, National Guard
Ukrainian prosecutors handed over UAH 450 million worth of assets seized in criminal proceedings to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the National Guard.
02 November 2023
Police: Unknown people shoot at lawyer's car in Kyiv
In the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, unidentified people opened fire at a lawyer's car.
01 November 2023
Additional charges pressed against Yanukovych-era PM in Ukraine
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, who fled to Russia in 2014, was charged with media activity in support of the aggressor state.
31 October 2023
Ukraine presses charges against Russian singer Chicherina
The Security Service of Ukraine has pressed criminal Russian artist Yulia Chicherinia, who earlier threatened Ukrainians with concentration camps in Siberia.
30 October 2023
Donetsk regional prosecutor's office starts investigation into murder of nine civilians in Volnovakha
The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into the murder of nine civilians, including two children, by armed Russian servicemen in temporarily occupied Volnovakha town.
27 October 2023
Law enforcers explain raid targeting Chernihiv regional, municipal authorities
The State Bureau of Investigation and the Security Service of Ukraine are conducting warranted searches in the Chernihiv Regional Council and City Council as part of an ongoing probe into the foreign travel of officials amid martial law.
26 October 2023
SBI searches home of acting mayor of Chernihiv
The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a search at the home of the acting mayor of Chernihiv, Oleksandr Lomako.
25 October 2023
“’DPR’ Consul” facing trial in Prague over calls for “de-Ukrainization, de-Nazification” of Czechia
The Prosecutor's Office of the Czech Republic forwarded to court the case targeting Nela Liskova, who called for the “de-Ukrainization and de-Nazification” of Czechia on social media.
Russian intelligence busted for recruiting Ukrainian youths for anti-Semitic provocations
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) exposed a Russian intelligence effort aimed to recruit Ukrainian teenagers tasking them with committing anti-Semitic acts in various regions of Ukraine.
Massive batch of smuggled Ukrainian amber seized at Polish border checkpoint
Polish customs officers discovered a 67.4 kg batch of amber, this year’s record, that was being smuggled from Ukraine in a vehicle.
Justice minister says Ukraine not afraid to press charges against oligarchs
Due to the change of political realities and amid the ongoing war with Russia, the Ukrainian authorities feel newly empowered to prosecute oligarchs for their wrongdoings.
24 October 2023
Incitement to genocide can be prosecuted even if it doesn’t result in it - expert in international law
In combination with the actual criminal acts committed by the Russian military and occupation administrations, some statements issued by the Russian president and other members of the Kremlin regime that contain calls for the eradication of the Ukrainian population, may constitute the crime of genocide.
Former NSA employee pleads guilty to attempted espionage for Russia
A former operative of the U.S. National Security Agency pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to transmit classified National Defense Information (NDI) to what he believed was a Russian intelligence agent.