Russian intelligence

Nation
Russian intelligence hired Odesa native to assassinate Sternenko
The woman who shot Ukrainian activist and military fundraiser Serhii Sternenko on May 1 rented an apartment in the same housing complex and is believed to have received an advance payment from Russian intelligence.
1 May 2025, 09:38 PM
Nation
SBU captures Russian spy in Kyiv planning terrorist attacks on defense sites
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested a 47-year-old Russian citizen in Kyiv who worked as a sound engineer for a prominent Ukrainian radio station while also carrying out tasks for Russian intelligence on April 17.
17 April 2025, 04:19 PM
Nation
Inside the War
Ukrainian educator caught feeding troop locations to Russian intelligence
Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, according to an April 3 statement, detained the deputy director of a school in Sumy Oblast accused of spying for Russia by gathering and reporting coordinates of Ukrainian military positions near the border with Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
3 April 2025, 12:51 PM
Nation
PhotoStory
SBU apprehends PR experts for working with Russian intelligence in Kyiv Oblast
The Security Service of Ukraine has detained two PR specialists in Kyiv Oblast accused of working with Russian intelligence to spread disinformation, the agency reported on April 1.
1 April 2025, 06:38 PM
Nation
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
Nation
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
Russian war
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Russian war
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Nation
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
Nation
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

Russian intelligence

Subscribe to our Telegram channel

The most interesting articles and a selection of important news in the evenings

Subscribe