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.
Crime
28 August 2024
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.
15 August 2024
Ukraine’s law enforcers seize batch of imported cocaine disguised as washing powder
In Odesa, two citizens suspected of drug trafficking were detained over trying to smuggle into Ukraine a UAH 2.3 million batch of cocaine under the guise of washing powder.
14 August 2024
Russia offers Ukrainian teens "easy money" to lure them into sabotage campaign
In Ivano-Frankivsk region, another case was documented where two teenagers, 15 and 18, set ablaze at least three SUVs belonging to the Ukrainian military, acting on the instructions of Russian intelligence.
13 August 2024
German police detain suspect in displaced Ukrainian murder case
German law enforcers have detained a Ukrainian national suspected of murdering another Ukrainian man in one of the shelters set up for displaced persons.
SBU detains woman spying on defense positions in Pokrovsk area
The Security Service (SBU) detained an enemy informant in Donetsk region who is believed to have been tipping the Russians on the locations of Ukrainian defense lines in the Pokrovsk axis.
12 August 2024
Deputy energy minister caught on $500K bribe
The Security Service of Ukraine together with the National Anti-corruption Bureau, with the assistance of the energy minister, detained the latter’s deputy over a bribe worth half a million dollars.
10 August 2024
Russia-recruited teenage arsonist nabbed in Dnipro
The Security Service of Ukraine and National Police detained a 16-year-old Dnipro resident who is believed to have executed on his Russian handler’s orders an arson attack targeting an SUV driven by Ukraine’s military in the city of Dnipro.
09 August 2024
Law enforcers expose massive embezzlement scheme in Ukraine Army supplies
During a large-scale special raid as part of an investigation into the embezzlement of over UAH 1.5 billion allocated for defense purposes, law enforcement ran 65 searches and pressed charges against 28 officials across Ukraine.
08 August 2024
Two Russian soldiers charged for torturing SBU officer to death in Bucha
The Security Service of Ukraine pressed charges in absentia against two Russian military servicemen who at the outset of the full-scale invasion tortured to death assistant rector of the SBU National Academy, Colonel Oleksiy Telizhenko during a raid in Bucha, Kyiv region.
07 August 2024
Forensic experts confirm violent nature of Ukrainian POW’s death in Russian colony
A forensic study established that the Ukrainian prisoner of war, Oleksandr Ishchenko of the Azov Regiment, was brutally murdered in Russian captivity, which strikes yet another blow to international law.
Estonian citizen charged with treason over working for Russian propaganda
A preliminary hearing in the case against Estonian citizen Svetlana Burceva on charges of treason and working for Russian propagandists was held in Tallin’s Harju District Court.
04 August 2024
Two charged in UK over arson attack on Ukraine-linked businesses
Two more persons have been charged in the UK as part of a probe into the arson attack, likely overseen by Russia’s intelligence, targeting Ukrainian-linked businesses based in London.
03 August 2024
Ukraine charges Russian regional governor over financing invaders
Investigators from the Ternopil Office of Ukraine’s Security Service pressed charges against the governor of Russia’s Kostroma region, Sergey Sitnikov, who is believed to have financed Russian invasion units and provided them with thermal imagers and scopes.
02 August 2024
Moldovan parliament staffer suspected of spying for Russia to be remanded in custody
A court in Moldova ruled to remand in custody for 30 days a parliament staffer, Ion Creanga, who is reasonably suspected of treason in Russia’s favor.
Russia-hired arsonist nabbed in Odesa region
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian asset who had been plotting arson attacks on railway infrastructure sites in Odesa region.
30 July 2024
Russian spy detained in Kharkiv, who was looking for secret document caches and preparing attacks on city
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained a Russian military intelligence spy who was preparing a series of rocket and bomb attacks on Kharkiv, in particular, the main targets of the enemy were secret places of storage of important technical documentation.
Poland joins Ukraine v. Russia genocide case in ICJ
Poland submitted an application for permission to intervene in the Ukraine v. Russia case at the International Court of Justice regarding allegations of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
29 July 2024
Russian businessman’s assets seized in Italy on Ukraine’s request
Tax police in Florence have seized assets worth EUR 41 million from a Russian businessman at the request of the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office in Kyiv.
Ukraine presses charges against chiefs of "Volnovakha Penal Colony" over mass killing of POWs in Olenivka
The head of the so-called Volnovakha Penal Colony and his deputy were charged over the mass killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Olenivka in July 2022.
26 July 2024
Traitor who tipped FSB on location of army training center near Kharkiv gets 15 years in prison
Thanks to the evidence base collected by the Security Service of Ukraine, another spotter of Russian missile attacks on the territory of Kharkiv region was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
25 July 2024
Law enforcement nabs FSB-recruited group plotting arson in Ukraine, Poland, Baltic States
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police neutralized a group of Russia’s FSB assets believed to have been preparing arson attacks in crowded locations in Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltic States.