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Police uncover Russian plot to manipulate Ukrainian schoolboy into committing arson

Russian intelligence services attempted to recruit a sixth-grade student in Ukraine’s Ternopil Oblast to carry out arson attacks on critical infrastructure, regional police press service wrote on March 20.

20 March 2025, 12:42 PM

Teen charged with terrorism over Ivano-Frankivsk blast

Ukraine’s SBU security service has charged a 15-year-old from Ivano-Frankivsk with terrorism in connection with a blast near the city’s railway station on March 11, the SBU reported on March 19.

20 March 2025, 12:44 AM

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

SBU captures Russian agents targeting Ukrainian airfields and air defenses

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two Russia’s intelligence services' spies, directing missile strikes on airfields and air defense systems, the officers wrote on Feb. 28.

28 February 2025, 12:15 PM

SBU detains 18-year-old FSB agent who bombed military prosecutor’s car in Odesa

Ukrainian authorities detained an FSB agent who, on behalf of Russian operatives, bombed the car of a military prosecutor in Odesa, Ukraine’s SBU security service reported on Feb. 21.

21 February 2025, 11:33 PM

SBU thwarts sabotage attempt in Khmelnytskyi

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has arrested a Russian agent, who was preparing a terrorist attack near Ukrainian Defense Forces facilities in Khmelnytskyi, the agency wrote on Feb. 7.

7 February 2025, 12:50 PM

FSB’s deadly plot: Russia recruits 'suicide bombers' to attack Ukraine’s enlistment offices – SBU warns

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) revealed a new Russian tactic for recruiting Ukrainians — using them to carry out attacks on military enlistment offices and then eliminating them as witnesses, the officers wrote on Feb. 6.

6 February 2025, 12:00 PM

Explosion near TCC in Kamianets-Podilskyi: mayor provides update on injured

The doctors are continuing their efforts to save and stabilize the injured after the explosion near the Territorial Recruitment Center (TCC) in Kamyanets-Podilskyi, city mayor wrote on Telegram on Feb. 6.

6 February 2025, 10:44 AM

Terror attack in Dnipro leaves one dead, four injured

A terror attack in Dnipro on Dec. 14 claimed one life and left four others injured, including two National Police officers, according to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

15 December 2024, 12:25 PM

22-year-old admits to arson in London on Russia’s behalf

A 22-year-old UK citizen pleaded guilty to setting fire to a London commercial property connected to Ukraine and receiving payments from foreign intelligence, Reuters reported on Nov. 22.

22 November 2024, 10:48 PM

Romania investigates presidential candidate for ties with Russian intelligence

Romania's Foreign Intelligence Service is requesting Ukraine and Moldova to declassify documents related to presidential candidate George Simion, seeking evidence of Simion's alleged meetings with Russian intelligence officers.

14 November 2024, 11:42 PM

Infiltration tactics: how Ukrainians are drawn into Russian espionage work

A representative of Ukraine’s state project “I Want to Go Home” explained to NV how Russian intelligence recruits Ukrainians, detailing how much they pay and what happens in the end.

4 November 2024, 12:54 PM

US intelligence confirms Russian involvement in fake election videos

A video purportedly showing vote tampering in Georgia is a forgery and the work of "Russian influence actors," who are trying to cast doubt on the fairness of the upcoming U.S. presidential elections, AP reported on Nov. 1, citing U.S. intelligence officials.

2 November 2024, 01:16 AM

Medvedchuk's associate detained in Kyiv

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a political consultant in Kyiv who was a frequent guest on the TV channels owned by former MP and traitor Viktor Medvedchuk, the SBU reported on Nov. 1. The detained man had been in hiding since 2022.

1 November 2024, 10:44 PM

Detained Ukrainian in Poland admits to collaborating with Russian Intelligence for planned sabotage

A Ukrainian man detained in Poland has confessed to cooperating with Russian intelligence services, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said, Onet media outlet reported on Oct. 21.

22 October 2024, 02:36 PM

SBU detains suspect in arson attacks on Ukrzaliznytsia facilities and targeting Russian strikes on Chernihiv

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested suspect accused of coordinating Russian missile strikes on Chernihiv and committing a series of arson attacks on Ukrzaliznytsia facilities, the agency wrote on its website on Sept. 13.

13 September 2024, 01:14 PM

Kharkiv local arrested for spying on Patriot Air Defense systems for Russian Intel

A Russian-recruited agent attempted to gather crucial information about Kharkiv's air defense systems, specifically targeting American Patriot missile systems, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Telegram on Aug. 26.

26 August 2024, 03:35 PM

Serial arsonist detained in Kharkiv

Ukraine’s SBU security service and National Police have arrested a 22-year-old Ukrainian deserter in Kharkiv who set fire to multiple vehicles in use by the military, SBU reported on Aug. 15.

16 August 2024, 12:44 AM

Drones strike Russian Intelligence military base in Stavropol Krai

Drones struck Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) military base in Moskovskoe village in Stavropol Krai, injuring one intelligence officer, Russian Telegram channel Astra reported, citing sources, on July 4.

4 July 2024, 02:23 PM

Ukrainian SBU detains Russian agent in Kharkiv Oblast

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained an agent of Russian special services who was spying on locations of Ukrainian troops defending Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, SBU reported on Telegram on June 6.

6 June 2024, 01:58 PM

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