Calls to join Wagner Group exposed in Latvia
The Latvian State Security Service (VDD) has discovered on the internet separate direct and indirect calls to enroll in the Russian-controlled Wagner Group.
Crime
15 August 2023
10 August 2023
Charges pressed against defense official for embezzling UAH15M on road construction contract
The State Department of Investigation, jointly with the security service operatives, pressed criminal charges against the deputy chief of the Defense Ministry’s Finance Department in the case involving the embezzlement of UAH 15 million.
Germany exposes Russian spy in Bundeswehr ranks
Another suspect of espionage for the benefit of a foreign state has been detained in Germany.
09 August 2023
Court rules to remand MP in custody on graft charges
The High Anti-Corruption Court took into custody a people's deputy, suspected of receiving an illegal benefit for leasing state land to a private entrepreneur. A UAH 30 million bail was set.
She comes to Zhytomyr to spy on AFU: Russian agent who directs missile strikes exposed
In the Zhytomyr region, a resident of the Donetsk region, who moved to the region because of the fighting and passed information to Russian intelligence about the location of military facilities, which the enemy used to launch missile strikes, was exposed.
08 August 2023
Two 'bloggers' who filmed locations of Defense and Air Defense Forces detained in Odesa
Two men who were spreading information about the deployment of Defense Forces units in the region on social media were detained in Odesa.
Pro-Moscow Orthodox cleric to serve prison term for anti-Ukrainian activities
A court in Ukraine’s Vinnytsia region sentenced the head of the Tulchyn Diocese with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) to five years in prison.
07 August 2023
Railway worker who passes data on AFU to Russians exposed in Kharkiv
A railway worker who passed data on the movement of Ukrainian defenders and military equipment to the Russian invaders was exposed in Kharkiv.
04 August 2023
Photographer from Kramatorsk sentenced to nine years in prison for passing data on AFU
A court sentenced a resident of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, to nine years in prison for passing on information about the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
02 August 2023
UIA plane crash: Canada court awards $110M in compensation to victims’ families
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered that the families of the eight victims of the Ukrainian International Airlines flight 752 crash in Tehran be paid more than CAD 142 million (nearly USD110 million) in compensation.
Law enforcers bust fake ID production ring in Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine has exposed a sophisticated scheme for the serial production and sale of forged passports, temporary residence permits, and driver's licenses.
Fourteen Crimean businessmen suspected of collaborationism
Fourteen businessmen from the temporarily occupied Crimea were charged with collaboration with the enemy.
01 August 2023
Police check call center in Kyiv that might operate for Russia
In Kyiv, police have opened a criminal investigation into the activities of a call center in the Podil district.
31 July 2023
Ship with looted Ukrainian metal leaves Mariupol
For the first time this year, a ship has left Mariupol, temporarily occupied by the Russian army, with Ukrainian metal looted by the invaders, not grain.
Two ex-officials to be tried for collaboration with invaders in Donetsk region
The indictments against two former officials of local self-government bodies, who collaborated with the Russians in captured Mariupol and Urzuf village in Donetsk region, were sent to court.
28 July 2023
SBU detains Russian spy helping enemy prepare another air strike on Kharkiv
Counter-intelligence operatives with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained an enemy agent involved in the preparation of another air strike on Kharkiv.
27 July 2023
Biden orders U.S. to share evidence of Russian war crimes with court in The Hague - media
U.S. President Joe Biden secretly ordered the U.S. to start sharing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
26 July 2023
SBU detains Russian informant helping enemy prepare strikes on Mykolaiv rail bridges
As a result of a counter-intelligence raid, the Security Service (SBU) detained a Russian intelligence asset who is believed to have been involved in the preparation of a series of Russian airstrikes targeting strategically important transport arteries across Mykolaiv region in Ukraine’s south.
In Zakarpattia, temporary crossing built to replace destroyed bridge over the Teresva River
Overnight, four sections of a heavy mechanized bridge TMM-3M1 were installed across the Teresva River in the Zakarpattia region.
25 July 2023
SBU exposes FSB agent plotting terrorist attacks in Zaporozhzhia
SBU counter-intelligence in Zaporizhzhia exposed another member of the Russian FSB human asset network, which was preparing a series of terrorist attacks against the command and special units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces in the region on May 9.
Spy row in Moldova: MFA summons Russian ambassador
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova summoned Russia's Ambassador to Chisinau, Oleg Vasnetsov, after journalists published an investigation into surveillance efforts targeting the Moldovan government conducted from the roof of the Russian embassy in Chisinau.
19 July 2023
Court arrests Mykolaiv woman suspected of tipping Russians on locations of air defense units
A court in Mykolaiv ruled to remand in custody without bail a local woman who is suspected of passing on to the Russian side sensitive data exposing the location of the Ukrainian Army units.
Exposed: Russian spies in Poland tasked with derailing trains with aid to Ukraine - media
One of the tasks of the Russian espionage ring, which was exposed in Poland this year, was acts of sabotage on the railways, including planting bombs to derail trains carrying military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
10 July 2023
SBI opened 1,300 cases of treason since war started
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine has opened almost 1,700 criminal proceedings on crimes against national security.
03 July 2023
Two customs officers detained in Cherkasy with bribe
Two Cherkasy customs officers were detained while taking a bribe and notified of being suspected.
Police officer's body found in Kharkiv, suicide investigation underway
The body of a police officer was found in Kharkiv on Monday, according to the investigation, it was a suicide.
26 June 2023
Handziuk murder case: Manher, Levin sentenced to 10 years in prison
The court sentenced Vladyslav Manher, former chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, and Oleksiy Levin, ex-aide to a member of the Kherson Regional Council, to ten years in prison for organizing an attack on civil society activist Kateryna Handziuk.
23 June 2023
Russian hackers may target Canada's oil and gas industry
Russian-aligned actors may carry out a cyber attack on Canada's oil and gas sector, given the country’s active support for Ukraine.
21 June 2023
NABU chief tells of president’s reaction to top judge arrest
After the head of the Supreme Court was detained on bribery charges, President Volodymyr Zelensky called the director of the National Anti-corruption Bureau, asking to brief him on the case.