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SBU detains FSB agent in Ukraine’s drone unit

An agent recruited by Russia’s FSB has been exposed in Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) unit, the Security Service (SBU) reported on Telegram on Sep. 15.

15 September 2025, 11:04 AM

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

Fugitive pro-Russian MP faces extradition from UAE to Ukraine—report

Fedir Khristenko, a Ukrainian MP representing the now-banned Opposition Platform—For Life party, could be extradited from Dubai to Ukraine in the coming days and stand trial on treason charges, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Sept. 5, citing law enforcement and political sources.

5 September 2025, 09:45 PM

What’s behind the SBU–NABU conflict, who’s lying, and why it could get worse — NV interview with Shabunin

Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies have accused Security Service Gen. Illia Vitiuk of amassing a fortune through illicit enrichment — charges his service dismissed as “revenge” for July raids on NABU detectives — as activist Vitalii Shabunin likened the escalating feud to a war within Ukraine’s own security forces in an interview with Radio NV.

4 September 2025, 05:45 PM

Medvedchuk’s bodyguard worked for SBU in 2022—report

When Oksana Marchenko, the wife of pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, left Ukraine for Belarus on Feb. 18, 2022, one of her bodyguards was working for Ukraine’s SBU security service, investigative journalists at Slidstvo.Info reported on Sept. 3.

3 September 2025, 08:35 PM

SAPO charges SBU general with corruption

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) has charged Ilya Vityuk, a general with Ukraine’s SBU security service, with illegal enrichment and falsifying mandatory asset declarations, SAPO announced on Sept. 2.

2 September 2025, 08:30 PM

SBU arrests Russian agent at Ukrainian military repair plant

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian agent who was allegedly directing enemy fire against Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kramatorsk sector, Donetsk Oblast, the officers wrote on Sept. 2.

2 September 2025, 01:14 PM

Police: Parubiy never sought protection

Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy did not request protection from the National Police or the Security Service, said Andriy Nebitov, Deputy Head of the National Police, during a briefing in Lviv on Sep. 1.

1 September 2025, 02:09 PM

Ukrainian drones torch key Russian refineries in Krasnodar and Samara

Ukrainian forces have successfully struck the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar Krai and the Kuibyshev refinery, Rosneft’s largest oil industry enterprise in Samara Oblast, the General Staff reported on Telegram on Aug. 28, confirming earlier media reports.

28 August 2025, 11:25 AM

Ukrainian Nord Stream sabotage suspect refuses extradition to Germany

A Ukrainian man arrested on suspicion of coordinating the 2022 sabotage of Nord Stream natural gas pipelines refused extradition to Germany at a court hearing in Bologna on Aug. 22, Italian newspaper Corriere di Bologna reported.

22 August 2025, 11:51 PM

Ukrainian arrested in Italy over Nord Stream sabotage served in SBU

A retired Ukrainian army captain who previously served in Ukraine’s SBU security service, was detained in Italy on suspicion of coordinating the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 21.

22 August 2025, 02:11 AM

Ukrainian Security Service drones strike and destroy Russian ammo depots in occupied Luhansk Oblast

Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) drones struck two Russian ammunition depots in Bilokurakyne, temporarily occupied Luhansk, sources told NV on Aug. 19.

19 August 2025, 04:38 PM

SBU reveals 52 Ukrainian soldiers collaborated with Russia since war began

Since the start of the full-scale war, Ukraine’s Security Service has exposed 52 members of the Armed Forces collaborating with Russia, the SBU reported on Aug. 15.

15 August 2025, 02:00 PM

Russian truck drivers’ Easter binge drinking delayed Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb—SBU chief Malyuk

Ukraine’s SBU security service was forced to postpone its long-planned Operation Cobweb by a month after Russian truck drivers started binge drinking over the Easter holidays, SBU head Lt. Gen. Vasyl Malyuk said on Aug. 12.

12 August 2025, 10:29 PM

Kyiv continues targeting Russia’s Shahed drone stockpiles

For a second time in a week, Ukraine’s SBU security service attacked Shahed kamikaze drone storage in Russia’s Tatarstan, 1,300 kilometers from Ukraine, the SBU announced on Aug. 12.

12 August 2025, 09:37 PM

SBU drones hit Arzamas plant in Russia — sources

The targeted enterprise is part of Russia’s military-industrial complex, producing gyroscopic instruments, control systems, onboard computers, and components for Kh-32 and Kh-101 missiles as part of the Tactical Missiles Corporation, sources in Ukraine’s SBU Security Service told NV on Aug. 11.

11 August 2025, 03:41 PM

Two impacts recorded at Shahed drone storage site in Russia’s Tatarstan after Ukrainian strike

A Ukrainian attack damaged a logistics terminal in Russia’s Tatarstan Oblast, where Shahed drones and foreign components are stored, new satellite images obtained by NV show on Aug. 10.

10 August 2025, 11:41 PM

SBU confirms drone strike on Shahed storage site in Tatarstan, Russia

The Security Service of Ukraine confirmed that drones struck a logistics hub in Tatarstan, Russia, storing ready-to-use Shahed drones and foreign components, according to an SBU statement on Aug. 9.

9 August 2025, 05:43 PM

Two teenagers detained over deadly Zhytomyr bombing

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the National Police have detained two minors in connection with the Aug. 5 bomb explosion in Zhytomyr, local police announced on Aug. 7.

8 August 2025, 12:26 AM

SBU identifies Russian officers behind deadly 2022 missile attack on Kyiv TV Tower

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has gathered new evidence against members of the Russian invading command involved in deadly Kyiv TV Tower strike at the onset of the full-scale invasion, the officers wrote on Aug. 7.

7 August 2025, 03:14 PM

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