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SBU detains suspect in Dnipro city official's car bombing after more than 18 months in hiding

Ukraine's Security Service counterintelligence officers detained a man suspected of bombing the car of the head of Dnipro City Council's Left Bank Administration in April 2025, the SBU said on Nov. 6.

6 November, 04:49 PM

Ex-minister Halushchenko’s family lived in luxury Geneva apartment

Former minister Herman Halushchenko’s ex-wife and children lived last year in a 220-square-meter Geneva apartment costing nearly UAH 4.5 million a year, or about $9,000 a month, Schemes reported on Sept. 30.

30 September, 06:33 PM

Ukraine’s parliament passes law to fight scam call centers

Ukraine’s parliament on Sept. 16 passed bill No. 10190 aimed at strengthening liability for electronic communications fraud and the operation of fraudulent call centers, with 313 lawmakers voting in favor, according to a statement from the Verkhovna Rada and MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.

16 September, 02:08 PM

Carthage case: Court orders Serhii Kropyva’s driver held over alleged role in criminal organization

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Serhii Kutsyi, a suspect in the Carthage case and driver for Prosecutor General’s Office official Serhii Kropyva, held until Nov. 3 with the option of 3 million hryvnias bail.

7 September, 07:12 PM

Court maintains pretrial restrictions against former official Yermak

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court appeals chamber upheld the pretrial restraint measure against former presidential office head Andriy Yermak, including bail set at 140 million hryvnias, the Anti-Corruption Action Center said on May 21.

21 May, 05:48 PM

Police officer helped gather intel for Sternenko attack plot – SBU

A police officer helped gather intelligence for a plot to assassinate activist Serhii Sternenko using the city’s Safe City surveillance system, an SBU official said in an interview with Censor.Net on Apr. 22.

22 April, 05:52 PM

70% of Ukrainian police have served on front line

About 70% of Ukrainian police officers have either served or are currently deployed on the front line, national police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said at a briefing on Apr. 22.

22 April, 05:05 PM

SBU uncovers Russian agents plotting contract killings in Kyiv Oblast

Ukraine’s Security Service and National Police said they have foiled a Russian agent network plotting contract killings of a public activist and law enforcement officials, detaining its members, the National Police reported on March 31.

31 March, 01:51 PM

Prosecutors uncover budget embezzlement scheme at Kyiv culture university, searches conducted

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office uncovered a scheme to embezzle budget funds at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, the agency said on March 27.

27 March, 03:56 PM

Ukraine ends Russian assassination plot against famed volunteer Sternenko

The Security Service of Ukraine announced the elimination of a Russian military intelligence assassin and the detention of his accomplices, who were preparing the murder of well-known activist and volunteer Serhii Sternenko on March 24.

24 March, 06:45 PM

Air force logistics commander detained in corruption case

Ukrainian authorities detained the Air Force logistics commander and the head of the Security Service office in Zhytomyr Oblast over suspected corruption in building aircraft shelters, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Feb. 25.

25 February, 05:39 PM

Police uncover border smuggling ring posing as volunteers in Kyiv

Police in Kyiv said they had uncovered a scheme to illegally smuggle foreign nationals across the state border under the guise of volunteer activity, law enforcement officials said in a statement posted on Facebook on Feb. 12.

12 February, 11:48 AM

SBU classifies deadly car explosion in Odesa as terrorist attack

Ukraine’s Security Service classified a car explosion in Odesa’s Kyivskyi district that killed a 21-year-old man as a terrorist act, the agency’s regional office said on Feb. 6.

6 February, 02:46 PM

Two killed, seven injured in car and minibus crash in Kyiv Oblast

Two people were killed and seven others injured in a crash involving a car and a minibus in Kyiv Oblast, regional police said on Jan. 28.

28 January, 03:57 PM

Ukraine investigators uncover Illegal exit scheme at Rivne training center

Law enforcement officers in Rivne Oblast have detained an instructor at a basic combined-arms training center suspected of organizing the illegal departure of mobilized soldiers from a training ground, the State Bureau of Investigations said on Jan. 23.

23 January, 03:26 PM

SBU detains woman in Kyiv accused of spreading Russian propaganda in kindergarten

Ukraine’s Security Service said it detained a collaborator in Kyiv who had worked since 2014 for the occupation administration in Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast, implementing Russian “education standards” there, the SBU press service said on Jan. 1.

1 January, 05:50 PM

Ukraine’s SBU finds $100,000 in cash at home of Zakarpattia draft office head

Ukraine’s Security Service found about $100,000 in cash during searches at the home of Andrii Savchuk, head of the Zakarpattia regional military enlistment office, journalist Vitalii Hlahola reported, citing his own informed sources on Dec. 29.

29 December 2025, 04:56 PM

Fuel oil discharge into the Southern Bug near Ladyzhyn TPP recorded in Vinnytsia Oblast

Prosecutors from the Haisyn District Prosecutor’s Office documented a fuel oil discharge into the Southern Bug River near the Ladyzhyn thermal power plant, the Vinnytsia Regional Prosecutor’s Office said on Dec. 9.

9 December 2025, 04:39 PM

Ukraine’s SBU arrests man from Izium who allegedly aided Russia in planning another breakthrough attempt

Ukraine’s Security Service said it has detained a Russian informant in Kharkiv Oblast — a 62-year-old Izium resident accused of helping Russian military commanders prepare an offensive in Oblast, the agency said on Nov. 18.

18 November 2025, 02:05 PM

Reports detail tough conditions for Ukrainian accused of Nord Stream sabotage in Italy

Ukrainian citizen Serhiy Kuznetsov, who is suspected of involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream explosions and was detained in Italy while vacationing with his family, has been placed in a high-security section of a prison for especially dangerous offenders, Babel reported on Nov. 13.

13 November 2025, 04:19 PM

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