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Áront Orbán, brother of ex-Hungarian PM, detained on suspicion of human smuggling

Áront Orbán, the younger brother of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, was detained on Nov. 9 on suspicion of illegally moving people across borders, Hungary's current prime minister, Péter Magyar, wrote on Facebook, citing media reports.

9 November, 06:37 PM

Police capture armed suspect after hostage standoff in Ternopil store office

Police stormed a Ternopil store and arrested an armed man who barricaded the manager in an office and fired shots, officials reported on Nov. 5.

5 November, 02:00 PM

Ukrainian citizen detained by German authorities in child homicide case

The Ukrainian Consulate in Munich confirmed that German authorities arrested a Ukrainian national accused of killing her son, Radio Liberty reported on November 4.

5 November, 10:04 AM

Woman who posed as medic before clashes in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka detained – Budanov

Law enforcement officers detained a woman who arrived in an ambulance at a building in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, where clashes broke out on the evening of Nov. 2. She had bought the ambulance in advance and dressed in medical personnel clothing, presidential office chief Kyrylo Budanov said, according to TSN.

3 November, 05:24 PM

Poland arrests Ukrainian suspected of involvement in Russia-linked sabotage plot in Romania

Polish police arrested a Ukrainian citizen in Warsaw on suspicion of involvement in plotting sabotage at the Carfil factory in Brasov, Romania, Polish radio station RMF24 reported on Oct. 28.

28 October, 05:55 PM

SBU nabs suspected Russian agent accused of placing GPS trackers on fuel trucks

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a suspected Russian agent in Odesa who allegedly placed GPS “beacons” on fuel trucks in order to identify the coordinates of Ukrainian oil depots for future drone and missile strikes, the SBU press service reported on Oct. 26.

26 October, 06:03 PM

Police in Zhytomyr Oblast detain 17-year-old girl suspected of helping FSB poison Ukrainian soldiers

Police detained a 17-year-old girl in Zhytomyr Oblast suspected of helping Russian intelligence services poison Ukrainian soldiers. Two deaths are known so far, Acting National Police chief Maksym Tsutskiridze reported on Oct. 23.

23 October, 12:53 PM

Polish border guards detain 15 athletes from Russia and Belarus who came to karate world championships

Polish border guards detained 15 citizens of Russia and Belarus who came to the karate world championships on tourist visas. All were issued decisions ordering them to leave Poland within eight days, Bielsko.Biala reported on Oct. 19.

20 October, 07:30 PM

People tied to ex-prosecutor Kravchenko behind Vienna detention of journalists

Testimonies from individuals linked to former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko may have prompted the detention of Ukrainska Pravda (UP) outlet journalists in Vienna, Mykhailo Tkach stated on Oct. 14.

14 October, 12:32 PM

Austria explains detention of journalist Tkach and three other Ukrainians as part of espionage case

Ukrainska Pravda journalist Mykhailo Tkach and cameraman Yaroslav Bondarenko were detained in Vienna on Oct. 8 in an espionage case. Two other Ukrainians were also detained, according to the local newspaper Kleine Zeitung.

9 October, 05:16 PM

Ukrainian journalist Tkach still unreachable following Vienna police arrest

Ukrainska Pravda newsroom still cannot reach reporter Mykhailo Tkach after his detention in Vienna, editor-in-chief Sevgil Musaieva said on Oct. 9.

9 October, 01:10 PM

Ukrainian woman detained in Kazakhstan was ‘lured’ by grandson’s ‘new relatives’ – commissioner

Ukrainian woman Liubov Rozhanska, who was detained in Kazakhstan after traveling there to bring her grandson back to Ukraine, may have been tricked into coming by the boy’s “new relatives” acting in collusion with Russia’s FSB, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram on Oct. 3.

3 October, 09:40 PM

Border agency responds to claims of detained Hasid returning from Rosh Hashanah celebrations

49-year-old Yonatan Karlinsky, who had come to the city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, was detained in Ukraine. He is a Ukrainian citizen and was wanted, the State Border Guard Service reported on Telegram on Sept. 23.

23 September, 07:07 PM

SBU nabs FSB assassin in Kyiv who was preparing attack on former Ukrainian soldier, kickboxing federation president

Ukraine's SBU Security Service has detained an FSB assassin in Kyiv who was preparing an attack on the leader of one of Ukraine's public organizations, its press service reported on Telegram on Sept. 22.

23 September, 02:00 AM

Police detain suspects accused of tricking 13-year-old daughter of soldier out of more than $56,000

Police in Kyiv have detained two suspects accused of posing as law enforcement officers and tricking the 13-year-old daughter of a Ukrainian serviceman into handing over more than 2.5 million hryvnias ($56,151) in family savings, Kyiv police and the Kyiv city prosecutor’s office reported on Sept. 10.

10 September, 05:20 PM

SBU nabs suspected FSB hitman preparing assassination attempt on activist Druzenko

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has prevented a contract killing in Kyiv Oblast and detained a suspect who was allegedly preparing to assassinate a civic activist during his morning walk with a dog, the agency’s press service reported on Sept. 10.

10 September, 03:30 PM

Kyiv police arrest gunman who fired over 20 shots at medical clinic head

Police officers in Kyiv have arrested a man who shot the director of a reproductive clinic at point-blank range in the Svyatoshynskyi district, the National Police announced on Sept. 8.

8 September, 10:01 AM

Two Ukrainian soldiers detained for demanding kickback on military procurement contract

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) detained two Ukrainian service members running a kickback scheme, allegedly demanding a UAH 4.48 million (more than $100,000) bribe from a defense contractor to approve the delivery of electronic warfare equipment to the military, the organizations announced on August 27.

27 August, 11:37 AM

Court orders detention for two 'Forrest Gump' case suspects

Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACCU) has elected a pre-trial restriction for Valentyn Yelizarov and former lawmaker Maksym Mykytas, both suspects in the "Forrest Gump" case, Transparency International Ukraine and public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Aug. 21.

21 August, 05:56 PM

Ukrainian pensioner suspected of running illegal casino in basement

Law enforcement officers in Volochysk, in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, detained a pensioner suspected of organizing an illegal gambling operation in the basement of an apartment building, the regional police reported on Facebook on Aug. 21.

21 August, 03:10 PM

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