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Skelia Regiment comes under operational command of Ukraine’s Azov Corps

Ukraine’s 425th Separate Assault Regiment Skelia was placed under the operational command of the National Guard’s 1st Azov Corps, both units said on Sept. 2.

2 September, 05:19 PM

Improper handling of explosives suspected in fatal Rivne police station blast – SBI

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has launched a probe into a fatal explosion at a police station in Rivne that killed one officer and wounded three others, according to an SBI press statement published on September 1.

1 September, 01:45 PM

10 Odesa recruitment officers suspected of torturing men

Ten officers from one of Odesa's district territorial recruitment centers have been charged with kidnapping and torturing people. Investigators have identified at least eight victims who were abused and subjected to physical force, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported on Aug. 18.

18 August, 03:07 PM

Ukraine's SBI investigates MiG-29 crash during combat mission in Odesa Oblast

Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into the Aug. 10 crash of a MiG-29 fighter jet in Odesa Oblast while it was on a mission to destroy Russian drones, the agency said on Aug. 11.

11 August, 01:22 PM

Eight Ukrainian outlets publish investigation banned by Pecherskyi court

Eight leading Ukrainian media outlets simultaneously published, on the morning of July 17, an investigation into 143 real estate properties owned by the brother of the director of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) — a report prepared by journalists from Slidstvo.Info and the Anti-Corruption Action Center that a Kyiv court had barred them from releasing.

17 July, 12:12 PM

SBI detains Skelia Regiment soldier over alleged assaults on fellow troops

Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation said it had detained a serviceman from the 425th Skelia Assault Regiment on suspicion of assaulting two fellow service members, including a military chaplain and a lieutenant colonel, in Kharkiv Oblast in 2025.

10 July, 04:37 PM

Ukraine’s State Investigation Bureau reveals details behind Su-24 crash in Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) determined that there were no technical issues prior to the flight of the Su-24 bomber that crashed in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, killing two pilots, the agency reported on June 29.

29 June, 12:25 PM

Ukrainian recruitment officer to stand trial for breaking arm of 60-year-old fisherman above draft age

A military recruitment officer in Volyn Oblast will stand trial for breaking a 60-year-old fisherman's arm and using a stun gun and pepper spray on him during an attempted detention, despite the man being above draft age, the State Bureau of Investigation reported on May 27.

27 May, 03:52 PM

Ukrainian military recruitment officer accused of attacking veteran and family in Cherkasy Oblast

A Ukrainian military conscription officer is under internal investigation after activists accused him of stopping and confronting a wounded combat veteran traveling with his wife and child on a rural road in Chyhyryn district, Cherkasy Oblast, on May 16, according to the civic organization Veterans of the Fatherland.

19 May, 07:10 PM

Ukrainian authorities uncover new schemes selling rear military posts and aiding draft dodging

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, working with the State Bureau of Investigation, National Police, and in coordination with Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, has exposed four corruption schemes that allowed people to buy rear positions in the military or evade conscription using fake documents, the SBU reported on May 18.

18 May, 06:37 PM

Kyiv police officers accused of fleeing during shooting suspended pending investigation

Two Kyiv police officers accused of fleeing the scene during the mass shooting in the Holosiyivskyi district have been suspended from duty for the duration of an internal investigation and review, National Police Chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said on April 19.

19 April, 02:40 PM

Military recruiter detained after beating 60-year-old man

The head of a group at one of the Kovel Territorial Recruitment Center departments, who, together with other service members, used excessive force against a 60-year-old local man during a conscription attempt, has been arrested in Volyn Oblast, the State Bureau of Investigation reported on March 27.

27 March, 07:31 PM

Zelenskyy orders draft bill to reform State Bureau of Investigation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed his administration to prepare and submit proposals to the Verkhovna Rada to reform the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), he said on Jan. 2.

2 January, 07:19 PM

SBI launches internal review into possible involvement of its employees in Operation Midas

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation has launched an internal review over the so-called Mindich recordings, a process officials said is being conducted “without any exceptions,” SBI communications adviser Sapyan said during the national telethon on Nov. 18.

18 November 2025, 04:36 PM

Battalion commander charged in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast deadly strike

Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation charged a battalion commander over a Nov. 1 Russian missile strike in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that killed 12 soldiers and seven civilians during an awards ceremony, the agency reported.

8 November 2025, 02:42 PM

Former Ukrenergo head Kudrytskyi’s home, phone searched by law enforcement

Before a formal search of his home, agents from the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) seized the phone of Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the former chairman of Ukraine’s national power grid operator Ukrenergo, Kudrytskyi told Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 21.

21 October 2025, 09:57 PM

Two Kyiv police officers charged after beating a man near a military enlistment office

The State Bureau of Investigation charged two police officers who beat a man near the Holosiivskyi district military recruitment center in Kyiv, the agency reported on Oct. 20.

20 October 2025, 11:47 AM

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court keeps ex-Khmelnytskyi MSEC head Krupa in custody

The appellate chamber of Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court denied a defense appeal and kept former Khmelnytskyi Medical-Social Expert Commission head Tetiana Krupa in custody, the chamber said on Aug. 20.

20 August 2025, 06:51 PM

Over 29,000 soldiers returned to Ukraine’s Armed Forces under simplified return program in 8 months

More than 29,000 soldiers who initially left their units without permission have returned to Ukraine’s Armed Forces under a simplified return program in eight months, the State Bureau of Investigation chief Oleksiy Sukhachov told Interfax-Ukraine on Aug. 5.

5 August 2025, 05:50 PM

Dnipro court has decided to impose preventive action on a deputy suspected of falsely claiming military service

In Dnipro, a court has imposed a preventive measure on Marianna Kiziyarova, a deputy of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, who is suspected of fictitious military service to receive payments and create a positive image, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent reports from the courtroom on June 23.

23 June 2025, 05:48 PM

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