Ukraine calls on West to facilitate extradition of corrupt officials
Western partners can help Kyiv fight corruption by extraditing to Ukraine suspects in graft-related cases.
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30 March 2023
28 March 2023
Three more members of Russia’s spy network detained in Poland
The Internal Security Agency (ABW) of Poland over the past few days has identified and apprehended three more individuals believed to have been acting as part of a previously exposed Russian spy network.
Russian crimes in Ukraine: National Police opens nearly 68,800 cases
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the National Police has opened 68,781 criminal cases over the crimes committed by the Russians and their accomplices in Ukraine.
27 March 2023
Russian spies posing as "Argentine" couple detained in Slovenia
A couple using cover identities of Argentina nationals, recently arrested in Slovenia, turned out to be professional spies, known as “illegals,” that is, operating without a diplomatic cover under fake aliases, hired by Russia’s SVR Foreign Intelligence Service.
Court arrests multimillion grain theft scheme organizer
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has ruled to keep a grain theft scheme organizer in custody. The alternative is to release him on bail for almost UAH 2.7 million. The state lost millions of Ukrainian hryvnias due to this criminal operation.
21 March 2023
SBU presses charges against two organizers of sham referendum in Luhansk region
The Security Service of Ukraine exposed two more enemy collaborators in Luhansk region, who contributed to Russia's occupation of Ukrainian territories through taking part in the organization of a pseudo-referendum.
Russian crimes in Ukraine: 67,600 cases already opened
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the National Police have opened 67,639 criminal cases over the crimes committed by the Russians and their accomplices.
10 March 2023
Italian military court sentences Russian spy to 30 years
An Italian navy officer was sentenced to 30 years in prison on espionage charges as the court ruled he had been spying for Russia.
Ex-managers of SE ‘Antonov’ suspected of facilitating destruction of Mriya aircraft
Former managers of the State Enterprise "Antonov" were served with notice of charges. They are suspected of facilitating the destruction of An-225 Mriya aircraft in the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion.
SBU operative charged with justifying Russian aggression
Law enforcers have pressed charges against an employee of the Security Service unit in Ukraine’s Volyn region for justifying Russia’s war of aggression.
04 March 2023
Migration service turncoat charged for forcing Berdiansk residents to obtain Russian passports
Ukraine pressed charges in absentia against a former employee with Ukraine’s Migration Service, who participated in the forcible handout of Russian passports in the temporarily captured Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region.
03 March 2023
More than 1,300 cases on crimes against national security opened
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the State Bureau of Investigation has opened 1,331 cases on crimes against the foundations of national security.
02 March 2023
SBU blocks Russian intelligence from access to Ukrainian NPPs’ project documentation
The Security Service of Ukraine prevented the attempt to hand to the Russian special services access to the design and construction documentation of the Zaporizhia and South Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
21 February 2023
Smuggled gadgets worth UAH 112M handed over to Ukraine’s military
Zakarpattia customs officials are suspected of facilitating the illegal import of electronics worth UAH 112 million.
17 February 2023
Exposed: Auchan subsidiary supplied goods to Russian military, aided mobilization effort
The Russian subsidiary of the France-based Auchan retail chain supplied goods to the Russian military in the temporarily occupied territories under the guise of humanitarian aid, and also helped draft officers recruit conscripts.
16 February 2023
Senior finance official with Russia's MoD found dead in St. Petersburg
The body of Marina Yankina, 58, head of the financial support department for the Western Military District at Russia’s defense ministry, was found in St Petersburg.
15 February 2023
SBU nabs FSB agent gathering intelligence on Mykolaiv defenses
As part of a counter-subversive sweep in the south of Ukraine, the Security Service exposed yet another agent recruited by Russian intelligence to pass sensitive data on Ukraine’s defenses in Mykolaiv.
08 February 2023
MH17 probe: The Netherlands to continue work to hold Russia accountable - Rutte
The Netherlands will pursue efforts to hold Russia accountable for the shooting down of the Malaysian Airlines passenger jet flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
SBU exposes scheming in urban development business
The Security Service of Ukraine pressed charges against the head of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine, his deputy, and an IT expert, who manipulated data in the state-run electronic database in the area of urban construction.
07 February 2023
Russia stealing Ukraine’s grain: another ship captain charged
The captain of the Russian-flagged Nadezhda bulker, which in 2022 three times checked in the Sevastopol commercial seaport, which the Ukrainian authorities had shut down," was charged with transporting stolen Ukrainian grain.
06 February 2023
SBU presses charges against Russian Railways chief
The Security Service of Ukraine has pressed criminal charges against the head of Russian Railways as an accomplice in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
04 February 2023
Court arrests deputy head of Migration Department for role in brothel ring
The court arrested for two months the deputy head of the Migration Department at the National Police, who is suspected of organizing and covering up prostitution establishments across Kyiv.
Germany gathering evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine - Public Prosecutor General
Germany is preparing for the trial of war crimes committed on the territory of Ukraine and is gathering information for this purpose.
Ukraine’s top prosecutor meets U.S. colleagues to discuss seizure of Russian assets
Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin of Ukraine is aware that Ukraine's restoration can be financed with the use of funds seized from the aggressor power.
03 February 2023
Three Russian agents nabbed in Dnipro
Three Russian intelligence assets were exposed and detained in Dnipro for passing sensitive data to their handlers.
UAH 120M embezzlement on procurement for Ukraine Army: heads of two enterprises charged
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has approved suspicion notices for the heads of two enterprises that procured products for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry due to large-scale embezzlement (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Ukraine presses charges against Wagner boss Prigozhin
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has pressed criminal charges against Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the notorious Wagner Group.
01 February 2023
Security Service of Ukraine: Motor Sich paid taxes to ‘DPR’
The Security Service of Ukraine charges Vyacheslav Bohuslayev, president of Motor Sich JSC, with paying taxes to the terrorist organization "Donetsk People’s Republic".
30 January 2023
Russian accomplice helping enemy prepare missile strikes detained in Ternopil region
Law enforcement operatives have exposed an agent of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) who is believed to have been helping the enemy prepare a missile attack on local electrical substations in western Ukraine.
SBU detains Russian fire spotter in Kharkiv
The Security Service of Ukraine apprehended a Russian asset who was adjusting enemy missile strikes on Kharkiv.