SBU charges Lysychansk "reenactor" with collaboration with Russians
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has announced in absentia charges against a propagandist from Lysychansk, Luhansk region, for collaboration with the Russian Federation.
Crime
28 October 2024
Court sets preventive measures for six defendants in Holosiivskyi TCC case
A court in Kyiv has set preventive measures for six individuals involved in a case of facilitating military draft evasion, including employees from the Holosiivskyi District Territorial Recruitment Center (TCC).
25 October 2024
FSB agents conducting information sabotage against Ukraine to stand trial
FSB agents who carried out information sabotage operations against Ukraine under the guise of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) will face trial.
SBU, police nab group suspected of attempt to disrupt military draft via social media influence
The Security Service of Ukraine and National Police exposed 19 administrators and subscribers of a number of Telegram channels who had conspired to disrupt the Army mobilization campaign and made public the locations of the Ukrainian military.
SBU detains Russian agent in Dnipropetrovsk region
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian agent who was coordinating missile and drone strikes on Synelnykove, a front-line area in Dnipropetrovsk region, and who expressed hopes for the region’s eventual annexation by Russia.
24 October 2024
TRC employees in Kyiv found in possession of USD 1.2 M – SBI
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has uncovered employees of the Holosiivskyi District Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) who helped thousands of men evade mobilization. During searches, authorities found USD 1.2 million in cash.
Terrorist attack in Kyiv was prepared: SSU, police detain two Russian intelligence agents
The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the National Police, detained two Russian military intelligence agents who were preparing a terrorist attack in Kyiv.
23 October 2024
SBU, National Police dismantle mobilization evasion schemes in Kyiv, Vinnytsia region
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the National Police have dismantled two more schemes for evading mobilization in Kyiv and in Vinnytsia Region, having detained those behind the operations.
Ukraine presses sexual assault charges against three Russian soldiers
Law enforcement identified and charged three Russian service members who, in March 2022, violently attacked and sexually assaulted a woman in the village of Yahidne, Chernihiv region.
22 October 2024
Freedom House calls for holding Russia accountable for murdering captured Ukrainian journalist
The international human rights organization Freedom House called on the international community to hold Russian authorities fully accountable for the murder of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, whom Russia had captured and imprisoned.
Russia keeps purging corrupt generals - British intel
Russia’s law enforcers continue to press corruption-related charges against former senior defense officials.
18 October 2024
FSB agent sent from Russia to adjust strikes detained in Kharkiv
The Military Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained another Russian agent in Kharkiv who had been scouting the locations of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and attempting to assist the invaders in preparing a new series of strikes on the region.
17 October 2024
Over 230 searches across 20 regions: Ukraine dismantles drug cartel
The law enforcement officials conducted over 230 searches across 20 regions of Ukraine, during which they discovered and dismantled 19 drug laboratories.
Security operatives arrest Russian spy in Pokrovsk area
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian intelligence asset who is believed to have been spying on the defense forces in the Pokrovsk axis.
16 October 2024
SBU detains Ukrenergo employee for leaking sensitive information
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has documented the subversive activities of an official from the Ukrenergo who allegedly justified Russia’s armed aggression.
SBU nabs Mykolaiv man spying for Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine detained in the city of Mykolaiv a Russian asset who is believed to have been coordinating missile and drone attacks on the city.
15 October 2024
Rector of university in Zakarpattia detained for corruption schemes involving draft-age men – source
In Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia), the rector of one of the region’s universities has been detained for organizing a scheme involving fictitious admission to the university of 300 draft-age men.
Rector of university in Russian-occupied Luhansk to be tried as collaborator
The rector of Luhansk State Agrarian University will be tried as a collaborator for training personnel for the Russian agricultural sector and military forces.
Four judges from Crimea sentenced to imprisonment
Four judges from temporarily occupied Crimea have been sentenced to 13 years in prison with property confiscation for betraying their oath to the Ukrainian people and joining the unlawful judicial bodies of the occupying state.
LPR militants to face trial for torturing residents of Izium district
Prosecutors have filed an indictment against five militants from the terrorist group LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) and a serviceman of the Russian National Guard who tortured and abused civilians in Izium district of Kharkiv region.
Juvenile arsonists detained in Chernihiv region
Law enforcement officers have detained a group of teenagers who, on orders from the Russian intelligence services, set fire to Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian railway) relay cabinets in Chernihiv area.
French political scientist sentenced to three years in Russian prison
A Moscow court has sentenced French political scientist Laurent Vinatier to three years in prison on charges of gathering military-related information without registering as a ‘foreign agent’.
14 October 2024
Diplomatic missions tighten security measures amid mass bomb threats – MFA
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha has ordered to tighten security measures following a wave of anonymous bomb threat emails received by more than 60 Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad, with the number of incidents continuing to rise.
SBU detains Russian agents installing hidden cameras near military facility
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two agents of Russian intelligence services who were coordinating enemy strikes in Poltava and Sumy regions.
13 October 2024
Wave of emailed bomb threats rolls across Austria
Since late September, the Austrian police have received more than a dozen anonymous emails in which a perpetrator announced a plotted bomb attack targeting civil infrastructure, primarily rail stations.
Illegal channel for transporting draft dodgers abroad shut down in Transcarpathia
In Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia), authorities dismantled a channel for the illegal transportation of military-age men to Hungary.
12 October 2024
Ukraine’s border guards release update on tackling human trafficking
Since the outset of the full-scale war, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has exposed 630 “organized criminal groups” specializing in illegally trafficking people across the border.
In occupied Mariupol, Russia increasingly using seaport to expand cargo transportation
In Mariupol, the Ukrainian port city on the Sea of Azov that has been captured by the Russian invasion army, the enemy is increasingly exploiting port infrastructure to expand the volume or transportation, including of military cargo.
Court rules to lock Russian artillery spotter up for life
An FSB asset who had been sending the enemy data on the location of Ukrainian Army positions during the battle of Bakhmut was sentenced to life in prison.