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Ukraine's law enforcers detains 6 Russian agents for arson attacks

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and National Police detained six Russian agents — all local men aged 17 to 23 — who set fire to military vehicles and buildings in Kyiv, Kropyvnytskyi, and Zaporizhzhya, the SBU press service reported on March 19.

19 March, 05:08 PM

SBU detains suspected FSB agent in Kyiv accused of scouting targets for Russian strikes

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has detained a suspected Russian intelligence agent in Kyiv who was allegedly gathering targeting data for potential missile and drone strikes on the capital’s energy facilities and defense enterprises, the agency said on March 10.

10 March, 12:35 PM

SBU nabs Russian agent set to bomb recruitment center

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a Russian-recruited agent who planned to bomb a Territorial Recruitment Center building in Donetsk Oblast using an improvised explosive device hidden in a trash container and then flee to Russia, the SBU reported on Telegram on March 5.

5 March, 03:18 PM

SBU nabs FSB agent guiding strikes on Kyiv defense firms

Ukraine's SBU Security Service detained a 59-year-old businessman suspected of acting as an FSB agent, who gathered intelligence on Kyiv defense enterprises under the guise of fulfilling orders for armored glass production for Ukrainian military vehicles and adjusted Russian strikes on those sites, the SBU reported on Telegram on Feb. 25.

25 February, 01:43 PM

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

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

Ukraine detains railway worker accused of passing army locations to Russia

Ukraine’s Security Service detained a 33-year-old employee of Ukrzaliznytsia in Sloviansk for allegedly passing information on the locations of military equipment and Defense Forces positions to Russian intelligence services, the agency said on Telegram on Feb. 10.

10 February, 03:39 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

European arrest warrant issued for suspect in Polish railway sabotage

Two Ukrainians stand accused of sabotage on Poland’s railway network in the service of Russia, with a European arrest warrant already issued for one of them — Yevhenii Ivanov, Polish outlet RMF24 reported on Dec. 4.

4 December 2025, 02:55 PM

British military instructor exposed as Russian spy in Ukraine

The foreigner whom Ukraine's SBU Security Service detained in Kyiv on suspicion of working for Russia's FSB Federal Security Service has been identified as British military instructor Ross David Cutmore. NV sources in the SBU confirmed that this is the individual previously mentioned on Oct. 29, 2025.

2 December 2025, 04:47 PM

SBU nabs FSB agent plotting Russian attacks on Odesa

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service arrested a 52-year-old local in Odesa recruited by Russia’s FSB Federal Security Service to gather intelligence for a planned missile and drone attack on the port city, the SBU reported on Telegram on Oct. 15.

15 October 2025, 05:31 PM

SBU nabs spy guiding Russian strikes

A Russian agent suspected of guiding Russian missile and drone strikes against military facilities in western Ukraine was detained in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the Security Service (SBU) reported on Telegram on Sept. 29.

29 September 2025, 10:57 AM

FSB mole in Ukraine’s Air Force sentenced to 15 years

An agent recruited by Russia’s FSB to spy on Moscow’s behalf while serving in the Ukrainian Air Force was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Ukraine’s SBU security service announced on Sept. 24.

24 September 2025, 09:39 PM

SBU arrests suspects who directed Russian drones at Odesa and Kirovohrad oblasts

Ukraine’s Security Service counterintelligence said it detained two FSB agents who directed Russian missile and drone strikes on Odesa and Kirovohrad oblasts, the agency reported on Telegram on Sept. 9.

9 September 2025, 03:39 PM

SBU detains Kharkiv woman suspected of helping target Russian missile strike on city hall

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has detained a 45-year-old Kharkiv resident suspected of helping Russian forces prepare a missile strike on the city’s administrative buildings, including the city hall, the agency said on July 10.

17 July 2025, 12:39 PM

19-year-old woman delivers bomb to AFU soldiers, disguised as 'volunteer aid'

A young woman gave Ukrainian soldiers an explosive-laden scooter disguised as “volunteer aid” in Kharkiv, killing one soldier and severely wounding another, the National Police reported on June 25.

25 June 2025, 12:40 PM

SBU detains GRU agent making explosives for terror attacks in Odesa Oblast

A Russian military intelligence agent was detained in Odesa Oblast for making improvised explosive devices for terrorist attacks in southern Ukraine; the tasks were carried out by a 36-year-old unemployed woman from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, who was recruited via Telegram in search of "easy money," the SBU said on June 12.

12 June 2025, 05:54 PM

Ukraine screens returned POWs for Russian ties, no spies found

Ukraine conducts mandatory counterintelligence checks on all citizens freed from Russian captivity to detect potential collaboration with Russian intelligence, with no confirmed cases of espionage found, Andriy Yusov, deputy head of Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, told news agency Ukrinform on June 3.

3 June 2025, 08:30 PM

SBU exposes Russian spy attempting to access Ukrainian military secrets

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has exposed and arrested a 47-year-old local engineer in Odesa Oblast who was spying for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), SBU’s counterintelligence reported on May 21.

21 May 2025, 01:58 PM

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