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.
Crime
01 September 2025
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.
13 August 2025
Tehran plane crash: Canadian court orders UIA to compensate victims’ families
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) and ordered the carrier to pay full compensation to families of victims who died in the crash of flight PS752.
11 August 2025
Russian agent caught in Zaporizhzhia collecting info for missile strike on industrial sites
The Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine has arrested a former Pension Fund employee who was collecting info for a missile strike on industrial infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia at the request of Russian intelligence.
07 August 2025
Two teenagers arrested for deadly terrorist attack in Zhytomyr
Ukrainian security forces have arrested two 17-year-olds — a boy and a girl — in connection with a terrorist attack in Zhytomyr that killed one man and seriously injured another.
SBU detains Russian agent who coordinated aerial bomb attacks on Sloviansk
Counterintelligence officers from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained a Russian agent in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, who had been gathering intelligence on the positions and activities of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Russian spy helping enemy advance toward Pokrovsk detained in Donetsk region
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) counterintelligence has detained a Russian military intelligence agent who was tracking the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Pokrovsk sector to facilitate enemy offensive operations using heavy guided aerial bombs and various artillery systems.
06 August 2025
First sentence for Kherson shelling: Russian Black Sea Fleet lieutenant colonel sentenced to life in absentia
The court sentenced Russian Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Zharkikh in absentia to life imprisonment for commanding the shelling of the central part of liberated Kherson with BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems in December 2022.
05 August 2025
Man opens fire during a document check, killing police officer in Odesa Region
On the outskirts of Izmail, a city in the Odesa Region, a moped driver opened fire on patrol police officers who were checking his documents. One of the officers was wounded and died.
'IT specialist' detained in Kyiv for installing cameras to track air defense locations
Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) counterintelligence has detained an IT specialist who installed remote-access video cameras in rented apartments for Russia's FSB. The goal was to identify Ukrainian air defense system locations and help adjust repeated Russian strikes on Kyiv.
04 August 2025
Сourt arrests Haidai for two months and sets bail
The High Anti-Corruption Court has imposed a preventive measure on the former Head of the Mukachevo District State Administration and former Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Haidai, in the form of detention for 60 days.
SBU detains Russian agent plotting terrorist attack near administrative building in Dnipro
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian agent who was preparing a terrorist attack near the administrative building of a law enforcement agency in central Dnipro.
SBU detains ‘mole’ in State Special Transport Service
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has detained a serviceman from the combat brigade of the State Special Transport Service, part of the Ministry of Defense, on charges of espionage for Russian military intelligence.
03 August 2025
Kharkiv police detain man who shot AFU veteran
Police in Kharkiv have detained a man who shot a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a traumatic pistol and physically assaulted him during a conflict. The victim was hospitalized with injuries.