Kyiv lawyer gets 15 years in prison for spying for Russian intelligence services
A court has sentenced a lawyer from Kyiv to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property for voluntarily assisting Russian intelligence services.
Crime
18 July 2025
17 July 2025
Sabotage attempt in Odesa region: 22-year-old nabbed while trying to set military office ablaze
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man from the city of Izmail, Odesa region, who attempted to set fire to the building of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (TRC).
16 July 2025
Pro-Russian hacker group targeting Ukraine and allies dismantled in Europe
On Wednesday, Europol and Eurojust announced the dismantling of the pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16), responsible for numerous cyberattacks on Ukraine and its allies, including attacks on critical infrastructure in Europe.
Six more FSB agents detained for plotting terrorist attacks against Ukrainian military personnel
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained six agents of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who were preparing to blow up Ukrainian defenders using homemade explosive devices.
15 July 2025
Two Russian agents detained for plotting to bomb judges and volunteers in Poltava and Dnipro
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained two agents of Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU) who were preparing to blow up judges and volunteers in Poltava and Dnipro.
10 July 2025
SBU officer shot dead in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district
An officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was shot dead in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv. A criminal investigation has been launched in connection with the murder.
Fuel procurement for army: Ex-defense official suspected of causing UAH 340M in losses to state
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has issued a notice of suspicion to a former acting head of a department within Ukraine's Ministry of Defense responsible for procurement and resource support. His negligence led to losses of over UAH 340 million to the state.
Bakhmut woman sentenced to eight years for sharing Ukrainian military positions with Russia
A resident of Bakhmut has been sentenced to eight years in prison for passing information to Russian forces about the locations of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Donetsk region.
09 July 2025
SBU detains Russian agent who planned bombing at hotel in Rivne
Counterintelligence officers from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained a Russian agent who was preparing a bombing at a popular hotel in Rivne.
08 July 2025
Police detain two foreign nationals in Kyiv for displaying Nazi symbols in public
Police have detained two foreign nationals in Kyiv's Pecherskyi district for publicly displaying Nazi symbols.
SBU detains Russian agent who directed artillery strikes on Kherson
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Kherson resident who, acting on orders from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), coordinated Russian artillery strikes on the city of Kherson from the east bank of the Dnipro River.
07 July 2025
Unfit missile systems: Former defense official suspected of embezzling UAH 90M
A former official of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and former executives of a state defense enterprise are under investigation for supplying unfit missile systems, causing the state losses amounting to UAH 90 million (approximately $2.2 million).
Ukraine court to try two turncoat police officers for siding with Russia
Two former employees of Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs who took up positions in the "DPR police" will face trial in absentia.
05 July 2025
Russian intelligence agent detained for July 5 terror attack in Odesa
Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the National Police have detained a Russian intelligence agent responsible for a terrorist attack that took place in Odesa on the morning of July 5.
Company collaborating with occupation authorities in ‘DPR’ uncovered
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has gathered information on a company under enemy control that provides services to the so-called General Prosecutor's Office of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
Teenage spy detained for guiding Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained an agent of the Russian FSB — a 17-year-old high school graduate — who coordinated missile and drone attacks on Kyiv.
04 July 2025
SBU detains two Russian agents preparing strikes on Kramatorsk
In the Donetsk region, Ukraine's SBU State Security Service has detained two more Russian agents who were preparing missile and aerial strikes on Kramatorsk.
03 July 2025
Air Force major exposed as Russian agent in western Ukraine
In the Lviv region, Ukraine's military counterintelligence, in coordination with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has detained a mole working for Russia's FSB — a major of the Ukrainian Air Force who was spying on Ukraine's military aviation.
Battalion command suspected of embezzling nearly UAH 100M arrested in Odesa region
Military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), together with the National Police and in coordination with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has dismantled three corruption schemes in the Odesa region involving defense funds and arrested members of a battalion's command.
02 July 2025
Russian agent detained in Kharkiv for assembling explosive devices for terrorist attacks
Following a special operation in Kharkiv, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a Russian FSB agent who had assembled three explosive devices intended for attacks on government institutions in the region, acting on orders from Russian handlers.
Russian agent directing strikes on energy facilities detained in Dnipro
The counterintelligence unit of Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) has detained a Russian defense intelligence (GRU) agent in Dnipro who was preparing coordinates for enemy airstrikes on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
01 July 2025
Ukrainian Consulate investigating killing of woman and child in Germany
The Consulate General of Ukraine in Düsseldorf has contacted German law enforcement to clarify the circumstances surrounding the murder of a Ukrainian woman and her young daughter in the town of Dorsten. Ukrainian diplomats are also working to establish contact with the victims' relatives and with the family of the detained suspect.
Ukraine’s Security Service nabs spies in Odesa aiding Russian strikes on AFU
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained two Russian agents in Odesa who were directing enemy strikes on Ukrainian Defense Forces in southern Ukraine.
28 June 2025
Almost 130 arson attacks against military vehicles recorded in Ukraine since year-start
A total of 128 cases of arson attacks targeting military vehicles have been registered across Ukraine this year so far.
27 June 2025
German police investigating arson attack targeting Bundeswehr trucks
The police in the German state of Thuringia are thoroughly probing an arson attack against military trucks in Erfurt amid wide coverage of the incident by Russian propaganda outlets.
26 June 2025
Finland probing company suspected of selling sanctioned goods to Russia
Finnish customs are leading a major criminal case targeting a company from the east of the country that could have supplied Russia with components subject to sanctions in 2022-2023.
Russian agent arrested in Kyiv for attempted bombing of Ukrainian soldier
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and National Police have detained a 19-year-old agent of Russian intelligence who lured a Ukrainian soldier in Kyiv under the pretense of a date and attempted to kill him using an improvised explosive device (IED) hidden in a scooter.
23 June 2025
Russian agents detained in Kharkiv over plot to bomb military facility
The Counterintelligence Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained Russian agents who attempted to blow up a Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier with a homemade explosive device in Kharkiv on June 14.
22 June 2025
Zelensky discusses combating fraud, ‘thieves-in-law’ with minister Klymenko
President Volodymyr Zelensky received a report from Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko.