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SBU nabs man who planted bomb in Odesa car explosion on Russian orders

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and National Police detained a 33-year-old unemployed man accused of manufacturing and planting an improvised explosive device that detonated under a Toyota SUV in Odesa on Feb. 16 on instructions from Russian special services, the SBU announced.

17 February, 03:14 PM

Man detained in Kyiv for torching seven cars on order

Kyiv police detained a 35-year-old man suspected of setting fire to seven vehicles — including military and civilian cars — for money in the capital’s Solomyanskyi district between December 2025 and early January 2026, the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv reported on Feb. 17.

17 February, 12:30 PM

SBU arrests FSB agent for aiding Russian strikes on Odesa energy grid

An FSB agent who corrected Russian missile and drone strikes on Odesa's energy infrastructure was arrested, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Feb. 16.

16 February, 12:30 PM

SBU nabs 2 FSB agents preparing strikes on Kyiv Oblast

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has detained two FSB agents in Kyiv Oblast who were collecting and transmitting coordinates of Ukrainian military units and restricted sites to prepare Russian strikes, the SBU reported on Telegram on Feb. 12.

12 February, 02:16 PM

SBU detains woman setting video traps for Russian strikes

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a 60-year-old woman in the western Ukrainian city of Khmelnytskyi suspected of working for Russia’s FSB Federal Security Service to install hidden “video traps” near military sites to guide air strikes on Ukrainian troops, the SBU reported on Feb. 9.

9 February, 09:53 PM

SBU nabs Kyiv bank employee for passing military data to Russia

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a 40-year-old employee of a Kyiv commercial bank who is suspected of passing personal data of Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers to Russian special services, the SBU reported on Feb. 9.

9 February, 04:06 PM

Ukrainian air defense soldier accused of spying for Russia

A 21-year-old soldier from AFU air defense unit was arrested for allegedly passing information on air defense positions near Ukrainian airfields to Russia, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) wrote on Jan. 26.

26 January, 12:48 PM

SBU arrests FSB agent linked to attacks on Kyiv’s thermal power plants

Russian FSB agent, spying on Ukrainian military movements and helping guide ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv’s thermal power plants (TPPs), was arrested, Ukraine’s Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Jan. 23.

23 January, 01:43 PM

SBU detains Russian agents for arson attacks on Ukrainian military vehicles

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, together with the National Police, detained two Russian agents who, on FSB Federal Security Service orders, set fire to vehicles of Ukraine’s Defense Forces and mobile communications facilities, the SBU press service reported on Telegram on Jan. 21.

21 January, 05:00 PM

Ukrainians in Germany face sabotage-related espionage charges

German prosecutors have charged two Ukrainian citizens with espionage on behalf of Russian intelligence, Federal Prosecutor’s Office wrote on Jan. 13.

14 January, 08:17 AM

22-year-old Ukrainian woman found strangled in Czech pond

Police in the Czech city of Frýdek-Místek discovered the body of a 22-year-old Ukrainian woman in a reservoir. She died from strangulation. A 33-year-old Ukrainian man confessed to the murder, Czech outlet Idnes reported on Dec. 9.

9 December 2025, 06:25 PM

SBU nabs two FSB agents spying on Izyum front

Ukraine's SBU Security Service detained two Russian FSB Federal Security Service agents in Kharkiv Oblast on Dec. 4, who were collecting coordinates of Ukrainian military facilities in the Izyum sector, its press service reported on Telegram.

4 December 2025, 02:07 PM

SBU arrests GRU agent aiding Russian assault on Kupyansk

Ukraine's SBU Security Service arrested a Russian military intelligence (GRU) agent in Kharkiv Oblast who was feeding coordinates of Ukrainian positions near Kupyansk to support Russian assaults, the SBU press service reported on Telegram on Nov. 21.

22 November 2025, 10:25 PM

SBU unmasks woman guiding Russian bombs onto Lyman

A woman was arrested for cooperating with Russian military intelligence (GRU) and correcting strikes on the town of Lyman, Donetsk oblast, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Nov. 20.

20 November 2025, 01:45 PM

Russian militant with Ukrainian passport arrested trying to enter EU

Lithuanian and Ukrainian authorities arrested a Russian fighter who tried to enter the European Union with a Ukrainian passport at the Lithuania-Belarus border, the National Police of Ukraine reported on Telegram on Nov. 13.

13 November 2025, 04:46 PM

SBU arrests teen for planting spy camera on Ukrainian railway

SBU arrested an 18-year-old who secretly mounted a remote-access mini camera on Ukrainian railway so Russian services could track military echelons in real time, SBU press service reported on Nov. 3.

3 November 2025, 12:30 PM

SBI detains ex-deputy over Odesa 2014 massacre

The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has detained a former deputy of the Odesa city council, suspected of involvement in the provocations that led to mass fatalities in Odesa on May 2, 2014, officers reported on Oct. 31.

31 October 2025, 02:44 PM

Former Ukrenergo CEO accused of major fraud

Investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) detained former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi in Lviv Oblast, sources from law-enforcement agencies told NV on Oct. 28.

28 October 2025, 12:33 PM

Poland arrests Ukrainians spying on military objects for Russia

Two Ukrainians — a 32-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman — were detained in the Polish city of Katowice on suspicion of conducting intelligence activities for a foreign intelligence service, the spokesman for Poland's minister-coordinator of special services, Jacek Dobrzynski, reported on X on Oct. 27.

27 October 2025, 06:58 PM

Russian man caught spying on Ukraine’s Armed Forces for FSB

A Russian citizen who posed as a volunteer infiltrated a Ukrainian Defense Forces unit and spied for Russia’s FSB, Ukraine’s Security Service said on Oct. 7.

7 October 2025, 01:46 PM

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