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SBU detains woman accused of helping Russia target strikes on Kramatorsk

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a woman in Donetsk Oblast suspected of working with Russia’s FSB and helping direct Russian strikes on Ukrainian military positions in Kramatorsk and Malotaranivka, the agency said on May 26.

26 May, 01:47 PM

Russia recruits people with criminal past in Latvia for sabotage — security chief

Russia is trying to recruit people tied to criminal networks in Latvia to carry out sabotage, the head of Latvia’s State Security Service, Normunds Mezviets, said, according to Delfi on Feb. 9.

9 February, 02:46 PM

SBU detains FSB agent recruited via intimate dating site

Russian FSB agent was arrested in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for helping coordinate artillery and drone strikes on the frontline city of Nikopol, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) wrote on Nov. 27.

27 November 2025, 12:30 PM

SBU foils Russian FSB terror plot in Ivano-Frankivsk thanks to 15-year-old girl

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service prevented a Russian FSB-orchestrated terrorist attack in Ivano-Frankivsk’s central park, thanks to a 15-year-old schoolgirl who reported the plot via an SBU chatbot, the agency reported on Telegram on June 12.

12 June 2025, 01:02 PM

SBU warns of new Russian tactic in agent recruitment operations

Russian intelligence services have adopted a new tactic to recruit Ukrainians by posing as SBU officers and assigning criminal tasks under the guise of serving national interests, according to Ukraine’s SBU Security Service in a statement posted on Telegram on June 5.

5 June 2025, 11:25 AM

SBU: Man used rooftop post to help Russia plan airstrikes

The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has arrested a 41-year-old man in Zhytomyr Oblast accused of helping Russia coordinate airstrikes on Ukrainian territory, the agency reported on June 4.

4 June 2025, 03:36 PM

SBU detains FSB agent who helped Russian forces advance toward Dnipropetrovsk border

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service announced the arrest of a Russian agent accused of spying for occupying forces on the Pokrovsk front line, the SBU press office reported on May 14.

14 May 2025, 12:35 PM

SBU says two 18-year-olds in Rivne tried to bomb police patrol at Russia’s request

Two 18-year-old residents of Rivne attempted to bomb a police patrol by luring officers to an abandoned building with a fake emergency call, acting on instructions from Russian occupiers, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said on May 12.

12 May 2025, 02:58 PM

Planned terror campaign: SBU says it uncovered nine FSB agents, including five teenagers

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has detained nine agents of Russia’s FSB who were preparing terrorist attacks in central and eastern regions of the country. Among the suspects are five teenagers aged 14 to 15, the SBU said on April 16.

16 April 2025, 12:18 PM

Russia used teenage recruits in failed Ivano-Frankivsk terror plot

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and National Police have confirmed that the March 11 terrorist attack in Ivano-Frankivsk was orchestrated by Russian intelligence services, the SBU press service reported on March 12.

12 March 2025, 06:35 PM

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