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Ukraine’s SBU dismantles FSB network that helped target Kramatorsk

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said its counterintelligence officers dismantled a Russian agent network in Donetsk Oblast that helped target strikes on Kramatorsk, the SBU press service reported on Sept. 18.

18 September, 03:16 PM

Russian court releases truck drivers linked to drone launches after evidence falls short

A Russian court rejected a request by the Investigative Committee to extend the detention of truck drivers whose vehicles were used to launch drones during Ukraine’s SBU Operation Cobweb on Sept. 16, after prosecutors found no direct evidence proving their guilt, according to iStories.

16 September, 05:30 PM

Ex-emergency official accused of arranging violent attack on Chernihiv activist

Investigators also found that the head of the Chernihiv Oblast branch of a well-known political party, while in hiding abroad, organized and financed terrorist attacks and arson in western and northern Ukraine.

15 September, 12:21 PM

Zelenskyy confirms strikes on Russian chemical plants, military targets

Ukrainian forces struck two chemical plants in Russia, military targets in Taganrog and a target in the Black Sea, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sept. 12.

12 September, 06:43 PM

Ukraine strikes drone warehouses, FPV production and air defenses near Taganrog

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and the Defense Forces carried out an operation near Taganrog in Russia’s Rostov Oblast overnight on Sept. 12, striking several military targets, the SBU reported.

12 September, 04:16 PM

SBU nabs suspected FSB hitman preparing assassination attempt on activist Druzenko

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has prevented a contract killing in Kyiv Oblast and detained a suspect who was allegedly preparing to assassinate a civic activist during his morning walk with a dog, the agency’s press service reported on Sept. 10.

10 September, 03:30 PM

SBU agent charged with criminal negligence in deadly Myla village incident

An official with the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has been charged with criminal negligence following a Russian drone strike that ignited improperly stored ammunition and killed 35 people in the village of Myla, Kyiv Oblast, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced on September 10.

10 September, 11:52 AM

MP denies conflict between SBU and HUR

There is no long-standing conflict between Ukraine’s SBU security service and Defense Intelligence (HUR), parliamentary Defense Committee chair Roman Kostenko told NV on Sept. 8.

9 September, 02:49 AM

Zelenskyy to name Ukraine’s next U.S. ambassador after SBU and NABU vetting

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is considering candidates for Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States and is awaiting additional information on them from the SBU and NABU before making an appointment on Sept. 8.

8 September, 05:57 PM

Two Russian jet-powered drones flew toward Kyiv from Donetsk Oblast, but only one arrived – Flash

Ukrainian presidential technology adviser Serhii Beskrestnov, known as Flash, identified the jet-powered drone that struck the SBU building in central Kyiv and detailed its origin and flight path on Sept. 4.

5 September, 05:49 PM

Yermak maintains considerable influence after dismissal, Chervinskyi suggests

Former head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, continues to influence government affairs even 10 months after his dismissal, Roman Chervinskyy, a former senior officer with Ukraine’s SBU security service, told NV on Sept. 4.

5 September, 03:41 AM

SBU drone strike was guided locally, expert says

The Sept. 4 drone strike that hit the HQ of Ukraine’s SBU security service in Kyiv was likely guided in real-time via a nearby radio relay, Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine’s president on technology, said shortly after the incident.

4 September, 09:27 PM

Russian drone targets SBU chief’s office in Kyiv as Zelenskyy orders response

The Russian military targeted the office of SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad in central Kyiv with a drone, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Sept. 4.

4 September, 05:47 PM

Russian jet-powered drone strikes Kyiv SBU headquarters, injuring nine

A Russian jet-powered drone struck the main SBU building in central Kyiv on Sept. 4, injuring nine people. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was aimed directly at acting SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad’s office.

4 September, 05:24 PM

Zelenskyy to fire senior SBU, HUR officials

After a Kyiv shootout between the employees of Ukraine’s SBU security service and Defense Intelligence (HUR), the deputy heads of both agencies responsible for the incident will be dismissed, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sept. 3.

4 September, 03:41 AM

RDK's Kaplunov: SBU head Poklad tried to discredit Budanov, Tymur special unit

Ukraine's SBU Security Service tried to discredit HUR's special unit Tymur, as well as former spy chief and current head of the Presidential Office, Kyrylo Budanov, Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), a unit under Ukraine's Defense Intelligence (HUR), said in a video address published on Sept. 3 by the RDK.

3 September, 04:13 PM

RVC deputy Kaplunov says he admitted to alleged FSB ties under ‘psychological pressure’

Russian Volunteer Corps deputy commander Stepan Kaplunov told Radio NV he admitted to alleged FSB ties under “psychological pressure” after his detention, which he called an abduction, but now denies any contact with the agency on Sept. 3.

3 September, 03:52 PM

Video shows abduction of RDK officer amid SBU-HUR conflict

Radio NV has obtained video footage of the Aug. 23 abduction in Kyiv of Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), an incident that later led to a Sept. 2 shootout between officers of Ukraine's SBU Security Service and the Defense Intelligence (HUR).

3 September, 01:44 PM

SBU alleges Kaplunov planned FSB-ordered killing of Russian opposition figure

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service on Sept. 3 said it had uncovered contacts between Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps of HUR, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, and Russian security services. Kaplunov was tasked with preparing an assassination attempt against one of the leaders of the Russian opposition movement in Ukraine, the SBU said.

3 September, 12:27 PM

RDK deputy commander describes secret detention amid SBU-HUR standoff

Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander for combat operations of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), was abducted and interrogated over suspicions that he had been in contact with Russia's FSB Security Service, he said in an exclusive interview with Radio NV on Sept. 3.

3 September, 11:42 AM

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