Exposed: Army deserter turns into Russian accomplice
The Security Service detained an asset of Russia’s military intelligence who is believed to have been coordinating airstrikes targeting Vinnytsia and Sumy regions.
Crime
01 October 2024
Chief of Russian spy network in southern Ukraine sentenced to life in prison
In the case initiated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the head of the Russian HUMINT ring run by the Russian FSB, which operated in the Zaporizhzhia region, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Ukraine, Czechia nab phone scam gang in joint probe
Ukrainian and Czech law enforcement, with the support of Eurojust, exposed an international scam ring that targeted victims across the EU via call centers.
30 September 2024
Police shut down channel for draft dodgers in Odesa region
In Odesa region, law enforcement officials have shut down a channel that allowed draft dodgers to leave the country under the guise of truck drivers.
29 September 2024
Classified documents suggest Navalny could be poisoned while in prison - media
Journalists obtained access to "hundreds" of documents related to the death of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. Among the bulk, information was found indicating his possible poisoning.
Energoatom confirms detention of company official on bribery charges
NNEGC Energoatom has confirmed the detention of an official of the company while receiving an illegal benefit.
28 September 2024
Orphanage chief suspended pending probe into systemic child abuse
Until the investigation into child abuse is over, the head of an educational and rehabilitation facility for vulnerable children in Lviv region shall remain suspended.
SBU detains Russian FSB spy in Vinnytsia region
Counter-intelligence operatives of the Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian FSB asset in Vinnytsia region who is suspected to have been spying on Ukraine’s defense forces.
23 September 2024
Deputy prosecutor of Zaporizhzhia exposed for USD 40,000 bribe
The Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) exposed the deputy prosecutor of Zaporizhzhia region for receiving a bribe of 40,000 dollars.
22 September 2024
Czech teen exposed for fraud in Ukraine fundraiser
Prague police detained an 18-year-old Czech national who set up a fundraiser, claiming the donated money would go be used for helping Ukraine, and instead appropriated the funds to cover his own unrelated expenses.
19 September 2024
Ukrainian MP Odarchenko put on international wanted list
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has placed on the international wanted list a Ukrainian lawmaker charged with attempting to bribe the head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine.
SBU completes probe into terror plot targeting Kyiv, Lviv
The Security Service of Ukraine has completed a pre-trial investigation into four Russian assets who planned to detonate improvised explosive devices in home improvement chain stores and outside crowded cafes in Kyiv and at a defense plant in Lviv.
18 September 2024
Arson attacks: two Russia-hired suspects detained in Ternopil
The Security Service and National Police neutralized in Ternopil a criminal group who are believed to have been setting on fire vehicles driven by the Ukrainian military.
13 September 2024
"Road" case: SAPO to demand detention, bail of UAH 40M for ex-head of Dnipropetrovsk region
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) will petition to the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine for ex-chief of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Valentyn Reznichenko to be placed in custody with the possibility of release on bail of UAH 40M.
SBU nabs Russian accomplice spying on HIMARS, air defense systems in Zaporizhzia
The Security Service of Ukraine detained in Zaporizhzhia a Russian informant, who turned his apartment into an "observation post" to spy on Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
10 September 2024
U.S. arrests laser tech salesman over Russia sanctions breach
A former salesman of laser welding machines was arrested in the United States on charges of illegally exporting equipment to Russia’s Rosatom subsidiary.
04 September 2024
Arsonist arrested in Prykarpattia over attack on war volunteer's car
Prykarpattia police detained a suspect over setting fire to a vehicle belonging to a local volunteer.
Ukraine’s law enforcers expose Russian bot farms
In Poltava and Zakarpattia regions, law enforcement officials neutralized two bot farms that supplied Russian intelligence with fake accounts to run information sabotage operations against Ukraine.
01 September 2024
Ukrainian, Polish law enforcers expose transnational drug ring
In a joint effort, Ukrainian and Polish law enforcement eliminated a transnational organization of drug traffickers who manufactured and sold methadone to Ukraine and across the European Union.
30 August 2024
In Kherson region, during occupation, Russian soldier kept local woman in slavery
In Kherson region, during the occupation, a serviceman of the 25th Separate Guards Regiment of the Special Forces of the Russian Armed Forces held a local resident in sexual slavery, the occupier has been identified and served a notice of suspicion in absentia.
28 August 2024
SBU ex-general, Andrii Naumov, on Interpol’s wanted list
At the request of Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation, Interpol put Andrii Naumov, ex-general of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), on the international wanted list.
27 August 2024
Shots fired at soldiers guarding military draft office in Lutsk
Servicemen guarding a local draft office in the city of Lutsk came under an armed attack.
SBU nabs Russian spy in Mykolaiv
The Security Service of Ukraine detained an agent of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who had been spying on Ukrainian military in Mykolaiv.
24 August 2024
Officials from Izyum, Kharkiv region, suspected of falsifying data for eRestoration program
Officials from Izyum, Kharkiv region, are suspected of falsifying data for the eRestoration program in order to receive compensation from the state for property that was not actually destroyed by shelling.
22 August 2024
Inquiries underway in U.S. against Americans cooperating with Russian propagandists - media
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a broad criminal investigation into Americans working with Russian state-run television channels ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November.
Five charged in Dnipropetrovsk region with arson attacks targeting military vehicles
Five residents of Dnipropetrovsk region, who are believed to have been committing arson attacks against vehicles driven by the Ukrainian military have been formally charged and are now facing up to 10 years in prison.
20 August 2024
Russian soldier charged with torturing civilian near Kyiv to obtain info on Ukraine’s troops
Ukraine’s law enforcers pressed charges in absentia against a Russian military serviceman who at the outset of the invasion shot and tortured a resident of Kyiv region in order to obtain from him information about the location of Ukrainian Army units.
19 August 2024
SBU exposes Russian spies operating in three regions
The Security Service of Ukraine neutralized a Russian HUMINT network consisting of active-duty and former law enforcement officers who had spied on Ukraine’s defense forces and key critical infrastructure facilities in Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
16 August 2024
He was looking for HIMARS near Pokrovsk: SSU detains "taxi driver" who spied for Russians
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a Russian informant who, under the guise of a taxi driver, was collecting intelligence for the invaders in Donetsk region, in particular, tracking the basing points of HIMARS missile systems in the Pokrovsk direction.