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Four Odesa city officials face charges for embezzling over $40K for military supplies

Police investigators have charged several officials from the Odesa City Council with allegedly embezzling more than 1.6 million hryvnias (about $40,000) during procurement for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the National Police of Ukraine said on Oct. 31.

1 November 2025, 12:58 PM

Ukraine, Moldova expose hundreds of Wagner mercenary fighters

Ukrainian and Moldovan authorities have identified 654 mercenaries who fought in Russian private military companies Wagner Group and Redut during a joint operation Avengers-2, Ukraine’s National Police announced on Oct. 30.

30 October 2025, 10:53 PM

Named at last — how Ukraine gives fallen heroes back their names

Hundreds of unnamed Ukrainian soldiers returned from Russia are being identified — fingerprints, dental records and DNA restore names to grieving families, NV wrote in its exclusive material.

28 October 2025, 11:03 AM

Kyiv police remove undetonated drones from apartments – photos

Ukrainian police removed Russian Shahed drones that crashed into apartment buildings but failed to detonate during an overnight attack on the capital, the Interior Ministry reported on Telegram on Oct. 23.

23 October 2025, 03:11 PM

Car bomb explodes in Kyiv's Holosiyivskyi district

An empty BMW X3 exploded in the courtyard of an apartment building in Kyiv's Holosiyivskyi district early on Oct. 20 after an explosive device detonated under the driver's seat, the city police said reported on Telegram.

20 October 2025, 01:50 PM

SBU and National Police detain 20 organizers of draft evasion schemes operating across Ukraine

Ukraine’s Security Service said, together with the National Police, it blocked new draft evasion schemes and detained 20 organizers who charged between $3,000 and $14,000 to help men avoid mobilization on Oct. 16.

16 October 2025, 07:00 PM

Explosions in Kyiv and Odesa apartments kill three

Two people were killed, and another was injured on Sept. 15 when a grenade detonated inside an apartment building in Kyiv’s Dnipro district, Ukraine’s National Police said.

16 September 2025, 01:58 AM

Parubiy assassin had no accomplices in Ukraine, police say

The suspect in the assassination of former Ukrainian parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy had no accomplices inside Ukraine and planned to flee to Khmelnytskyi Oblast to hide, National Police said on Sept. 2.

2 September 2025, 09:45 PM

Lviv bids farewell to Andriy Parubiy at St. George’s Cathedral with MPs and top politicians present

У Львові 2 вересня розпочався чин похорону Андрія Парубія — народного депутата від Європейської солідарності, колишнього спікера Верховної Ради та екссекретаря РНБО.

2 September 2025, 03:48 PM

Police: Parubiy never sought protection

Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy did not request protection from the National Police or the Security Service, said Andriy Nebitov, Deputy Head of the National Police, during a briefing in Lviv on Sep. 1.

1 September 2025, 02:09 PM

‘Russian trail in the crime’: Police release first footage of suspect in Parubiy’s murder

Police released the first footage of the arrest of a suspect in the murder of former Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy, Ukraine’s National Police Chief Ivan Vyhivskyi announced on Sept. 1.

1 September 2025, 11:12 AM

Two teenagers detained over deadly Zhytomyr bombing

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the National Police have detained two minors in connection with the Aug. 5 bomb explosion in Zhytomyr, local police announced on Aug. 7.

8 August 2025, 12:26 AM

Police: Journalist Yurii Makarov’s stab wounds were self-inflicted, DNA tests show

Ukraine’s National Police on July 31 released the results of its investigation into the alleged attack on journalist Yurii Makarov, concluding that he sustained the injuries himself, based on DNA analysis.

31 July 2025, 03:26 PM

Zelenskyy awards Hero of Ukraine title to fallen Lyut brigade commander Maksym Kazban

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star to Maksym Kazban, commander of the Lyut Joint Assault Brigade of the National Police, according to decree No. 551/2025 published on the Presidential website on July 26.

26 July 2025, 08:09 PM

Ukraine’s Security Service detains two Russian agents in Dnipro and Poltava

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and National Police detained two female agents working for Russian intelligence (GRU), planning a series of terrorist attacks targeting judges and volunteers in Poltava and Dnipro, SBU wrote on July 14.

14 July 2025, 01:51 PM

Man detonates grenade in Kyiv Oblast injuring five police officers and killing himself

An 18-year-old girl in the village of Mykhailivka-Rubezhivka in Kyiv Oblast called police, reporting that her father was threatening her and her family with a grenade and firearm, the National Police of Ukraine said on Telegram on July 13.

13 July 2025, 09:28 PM

Military charity fraudster arrested in Lviv

Lviv police have arrested the head of a charity fund on suspicion of embezzling nearly UAH1.3 million ($31,000) intended to purchase equipment the Ukrainian military, National Police announced on June 20.

21 June 2025, 01:21 AM

Nationwide police operation strikes at illegal weapons trade

A large-scale nationwide special operation to combat the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition is being conducted, the National Police press service reported on June 13.

13 June 2025, 01:42 PM

Police release video of Russian drone being shot down over Kyiv

Police released a video of their mobile fire team taking down a Russian drone that attacked Kyiv on May 24.

24 May 2025, 08:48 PM

Police report 67 arrests in $48 million drug bust

Ukraine’s National Police has shut down a vast network of drug manufacturing facilities across the country, arresting 67 people, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced on May 14.

14 May 2025, 08:34 PM

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