Ex-deputy mayor of Popasna sentenced in absentia for siding with enemy
The former deputy mayor of Popasna, the town in Luhansk region, was sentenced to eight years in prison for aiding and abetting the enemy.
Crime
13 November 2024
11 November 2024
Russian agents detained in three regions – SBU
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained five Russian agents who attempted to burn military equipment and electrical substations in Kirovohrad, Poltava, and Cherkasy regions.
Deputy head of Lviv MSEC found in possession of luxury cars, millionaire assets
The deputy head of the Lviv Medical and Social Expert Commission (MSEC) has been served with a notice of suspicion for declaring false information worth millions of hryvnias.
Man detained over illegal ammo arsenal at home near Kyiv
The Kyiv region’s police exposed a 48-year-old resident of Boryspil, Kyiv region, who stored munitions of various calibers in a garage and at home without the relevant permit.
03 November 2024
Raids in Moldova in voter bribery case ahead of presidential election runoff
On November 1, the police of Moldova executed more than 60 searches in a number of settlements and the autonomous region of Gagauzia.
Border guards detain four men who tried to cross into Hungary illegally
Border guards with the Luzhanka department of the Mukachevo detachment have detained four men who tried to cross the border with Hungary illegally.
01 November 2024
Finland to try Russian neo-Nazi Rusich mercenary for war crimes in Ukraine
Finland’s Deputy Prosecutor General Jukka Rappe announced on 31 October that Yan Petrovsky, a Russian neo-Nazi and the co-founder of the notorious Rusich ‘sabotage-assault reconnaissance group’ is to go on trial in Finland on war crimes charges.
This year, Poland detains 195 Ukrainians on human trafficking charges
From January to late October, Poland’s law enforcers detained 195 Ukrainian nationals for assisting illegal migrants in illegally crossing the border with Belarus.
SBU detains FSB agents in Bukovyna spying on AFU convoys
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two participants of the regional branch of the People’s Power movement in Chernivtsi region. These individuals were spying on the Ukrainian Defense Forces and attempting to disrupt mobilization efforts in the western part of the country.
31 October 2024
Court imprisons organizer of corruption scheme at Odesa MSEC, bail set at UAH 10M
A court has chosen a preventive measure of detention for two months with the right to post bail of 10 million UAH for the organizer of a scheme involving the establishment of fictitious disabilities for conscripts at the Odesa Regional Medical and Social Expert Commission (MSEC).
30 October 2024
Scientist arrested in Kharkiv for assisting Russia with drone development
The Ukrainian counterintelligence from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a 72-year-old scientist in Kharkiv who had been working for Russia’s military-industrial sector.
29 October 2024
Corruption scheme uncovered at regional MSEC in Odesa – doctors falsified disabilities for draft dodgers
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) of Ukraine has uncovered a scheme in Odesa region involving a group of doctors who provided false medical documentation to conscription-aged men attempting to avoid military service by obtaining disability status.
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.
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.