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Ukraine steps up railroad security as sabotage threat grows

Ukrainian Railways (UZ) is ramping up security measures at railway stations and along tracks in response to repeated attempts by Russian agents to sabotage the national rail network, UZ Chairman Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said on June 6.

7 June 2025, 01:57 AM

Russia amasses over 50,000 troops near Sumy for new northern assault

Russia is now massing more than 50,000 troops along the Sumy axis, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a press briefing, Interfax-Ukraine reported on May 27.

28 May 2025, 12:59 PM

Germany, Switzerland arrest Ukrainians in Russian sabotage plot

German and Swiss authorities arrested three Ukrainian nationals suspected of acting as Russian agents to send explosive parcel bombs, targeting freight transport to destabilize Ukraine’s aid, Der Spiegel reported on May 14, citing German prosecutors.

14 May 2025, 03:25 PM

Former nuclear plant worker detained for alleged sabotage plot on Kyiv power grid — SBU

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a former nuclear plant employee on May 13 on suspicion of preparing a Russian kamikaze drone strike on high-voltage power lines connecting the Rivne nuclear power plant to Kyiv, the agency’s press service said.

13 May 2025, 12:42 PM

Two Ukrainians charged in Russian-ordered Warsaw mall arson

Polish prosecutors charged two Ukrainian citizens, Danylo B. and Oleksandr V., with assisting in the Russian-ordered arson of Warsaw’s Marywilska 44 shopping center on May 12, 2024, for filming and sending footage to Russian handlers, Rmf24 reported.

12 May 2025, 04:50 PM

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

Another Baltic Sea cable cut, Finland-Germany link affected

A new undersea cable disruption was detected in the Baltic Sea, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X on Feb. 21.

21 February 2025, 02:30 PM

German navy chief sounds alarm over sabotage attempts at military bases

Commander of the German Navy Jan Christian Kaack reported sabotage attempts at German military sites, incidents of unauthorized access to naval bases, and efforts to approach military personnel returning home, Tagesschau reported on Feb. 11, citing Kaack’s statements.

12 February 2025, 11:38 AM

Russian forces seek expansion in Kharkiv Oblast amid reduced sabotage activities

Russia attempts to expand its influence in Kharkiv Oblast, though the activity of sabotage and reconnaissance groups has diminished, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andriy Demchenko said on national telethon on Dec. 30.

30 December 2024, 12:43 PM

Police link Dnipro attack to Kremlin’s sabotage tactics

Aggressor state Russia is attempting to weaken not only Ukraine’s defense and security forces but also its entire society, Ukraine's National Police deputy head and the Criminal Police Chief, Andriy Nebytov, wrote on Dec. 15.

16 December 2024, 12:01 PM

Second Baltic Sea communications cable damaged

An undersea communications cable between Lithuania and Sweden has been damaged in the Baltic Sea, public broadcaster LRT reported on Nov. 18.

19 November 2024, 12:57 AM

Russian sabotage unit plants tricolor flag in Chernihiv Oblast

A Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group crossed the Ukrainian border in Chernihiv Oblast and installed a Russian tricolor flag, Andrii Demchenko, State Border Guard Service spokesperson, said in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda on Nov. 15.

15 November 2024, 02:28 PM

Car explosion kills Russian naval officer in Crimea

A captain of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet was killed in a car explosion in temporarily occupied Sevastopol, Crimea, on Nov. 13, according to Crimean Wind Telegram channel.

13 November 2024, 11:30 AM

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