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Japan authorities hunt bear suspected of multiple home break-ins

Authorities in Japan are searching for a bear suspected of breaking into residential homes and raiding refrigerators, The Guardian reported on July 15.

17 July, 10:31 AM

Violence erupts in Lviv as civilians clash with draft officers, overturn service car

A fight broke out between civilians and territorial recruitment center (TRC) officers in Lviv on July 8 during a draft notification patrol, resulting in an overturned vehicle, Suspilne reported, citing Lviv Oblast Police Spokesperson Alina Podreiko.

9 July, 10:20 AM

High-speed chase in Lviv ends in fatal collision, driver implicated in mother’s murder

Lviv Oblast Police have arrested a 24-year-old driver who caused a fatal crash while fleeing law enforcement and is the prime suspect in his mother murder, officials reported on June 24.

24 June, 01:15 PM

Road accident leaves five dead on Kyiv Oblast highway

Five people were killed and two others injured in a fatal car accident on the Boryspil-Dnipro highway near Rohoziv in Kyiv Oblast on June 22, the police reported.

23 June, 10:41 AM

Massive search operations underway after Ukrainian teen vanishes in Warsaw river

Emergency services are conducting a search operation for a 15-year-old Ukrainian boy who went missing after swimming in a river in Warsaw, Poland, local Polish news outlet Wawa Hot News 24 reported on June 21.

22 June, 01:45 PM

SBU foils terrorist plot in Kyiv, two Russian agents arrested

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and National Police foiled a terrorist attack in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, arresting two Russian FSB agents who attempted to detonate an explosive device near a university, authorities reported on June 22.

22 June, 11:45 AM

Police identify 400 suspects and seize drugs worth UAH 70 million

Ukrainian police uncovered four drug production laboratories and identified about 400 people allegedly involved in the narcotics trade during the second phase of Operation Rubicon, the National Police said on June 19.

19 June, 06:15 PM

Four arrested in Wrocław over brutal abduction and extortion of Ukrainian citizens

Police in Wrocław, Poland, arrested four suspects charged with kidnapping, robbing, and assaulting two young Ukrainian citizens who were held captive in a downtown basement, Polish news outlet RMF24 reported on June 11.

11 June, 02:38 PM

11 rescued after Kyiv police dismantle brutal forced labor ring

Police arrested four individuals suspected of running a forced labor ring in Kyiv, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced in a statement on June 10.

10 June, 11:55 AM

Police nab 17-year-old in Zhytomyr Oblast in suspected murder of Ukrainian soldier

Police in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr Oblast have detained a 17-year-old girl suspected of killing a Ukrainian soldier in a case investigators say was ordered by Russian special services, Ukraine’s National Police reported on June 5.

5 June, 07:34 PM

NYC surveillance video shows groups of people entering and exiting sewers, locals baffled

New York police are investigating a series of surveillance videos showing groups of people entering and exiting city sewers at night, baffling residents, the Associated Press reported on June 3.

4 June, 01:27 PM

Police release video of first minutes after Russian mass strike

Police released a video showing the first minutes after Russia’s massive strike on Kyiv on May 24, with officers helping civilians at the sites of the attacks.

25 May, 10:45 AM

Armed man shoots at military recruitment team and police officer in Rivne Oblast

In Rivne Oblast, a man opened fire with an automatic weapon on a military notification group and a police officer during a document check. The suspect is being hunted by police, the law enforcers reported on April 30.

30 April, 04:06 PM

Mobilization can't rely on repression alone, expert warns

Effective mobilization cannot be carried out solely through repressive methods, without tangible incentives, political scientist Ihor Reiterovych told NV Radio on April 27.

28 April, 02:52 AM

Shooting in Lviv apartment block prompts police deployment

A shooting occurred in a residential high-rise in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, prompting the deployment of police special forces, a National Police spokesperson said on Apr. 23.

23 April, 01:31 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

Police probe Khimprom network for Russian links and corruption

Ukraine’s national police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said the Khimprom criminal network involved in drug trafficking and fraud has a corruption component and possible Russian roots are under investigation, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Apr. 22.

22 April, 03:23 PM

Kyiv attacker called himself 'Russian army general' – police chief

Video found on the phone of Dmytro Vasylchenkov, who carried out the deadly April 18 attack in Kyiv, shows him calling himself a “general of the Russian army,” Ukraine’s national police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said on Apr. 22.

22 April, 02:46 PM

Ukrainian officials propose changes to police training after terrorist attack in Kyiv

National Guard and State Border Service personnel who have served in combat operations will oversee patrol police training, Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said at a meeting with journalists on April 21.

21 April, 02:49 PM

Drunk man injures five police officers in grenade attack in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Five police officers were injured as a result of a grenade explosion in the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the police reported on April 21.

21 April, 02:16 PM

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