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Russia recruited teens for planned school attacks in Ukraine – police

Ukraine’s national police said they, together with the SBU, prevented planned attacks in schools and uncovered two teenagers recruited by Russia, the agency said on Apr. 23.

23 April, 04:25 PM

Kyiv attacker called himself 'Russian army general' – police chief

Video found on the phone of Dmytro Vasylchenkov, who carried out the deadly April 18 attack in Kyiv, shows him calling himself a “general of the Russian army,” Ukraine’s national police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said on Apr. 22.

22 April, 02:46 PM

SBU probes possible Russia links in Kyiv attack, examines suspect’s motive

Investigators seized a phone from the man who carried out the April 18 attack in Kyiv that killed seven people, containing audio and video files, and are examining his contacts and possible links, including to Russian actors, an SBU official told Censor.Net on Apr. 22.

22 April, 11:01 AM

Kyiv attack suspect’s father linked to Russian military academy

The father of the man who carried out the attack in Kyiv worked at Russia’s Ryazan Airborne Command School, analysts from Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Action Center said on Apr. 20.

20 April, 05:21 PM

Police report terrorist attack in Kyiv Oblast; suspects detained

Police in Kyiv Oblast have declared a terrorist attack in Brovary on April 14, where an explosion in a detached housing neighborhood wounded a man. Suspects have been detained, the regional police reported, according to public broadcaster Suspilne.

14 April, 10:50 AM

SBU suspects 16-year-old of plotting terror attack in central Kharkiv for $5,000

Ukrainian security officers detained a 16-year-old student in Kharkiv who investigators say was preparing a terrorist attack targeting law enforcement, the Security Service of Ukraine said on March 2.

2 March, 06:56 PM

Russia uses al-Qaeda-style tactics for terrorist attacks in Ukraine, ex-SBU chief says

Former Security Service of Ukraine chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said Russia is behind a series of terrorist attacks in Ukraine, describing them as part of a coordinated campaign to intimidate civilians and destabilize the country, in an interview with Radio NV on Feb. 27.

27 February, 11:36 AM

Law enforcement urges limits on Telegram after Russian-directed attacks

Government must step in and introduce stricter regulation of Russian messaging app Telegram, since it is used by the enemy intelligence apparatus to recruit Ukrainians for sabotage and terrorist attacks, Ukraine’s SBU security service and the Interior Ministry said on Feb. 23.

23 February, 11:39 PM

Russian terror operation targets Ukraine’s police, minister says

Ukraine is going through an “active phase” of terror attacks targeting law enforcement orchestrated by Russian security services, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Feb. 23.

23 February, 11:06 PM

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

Shahed drone strike on Sumy: 4 dead, 9 injured, including a child

A Russian Shahed drone hit a residential building in Sumy, resulting in four fatalities and nine injuries, including a seven-year-old child, Suspilne Sumy broadcaster reported on Jan. 30.

30 January 2025, 10:50 AM

Ukraine's SBU detains couple linked to Dnipro terror attack

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and National Police have arrested a couple in Dnipro suspected of involvement in the Dec. 14 terrorist attack, according to a statement from the SBU's press service.

9 January 2025, 02:07 PM

Russian invaders fire 30+ missiles, 800 aerial bombs at Ukraine in a week, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Over the past week, the Russian army has launched more than 30 missiles and over 800 guided aerial bombs across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Telegram on Aug. 11.

11 August 2024, 01:35 PM

UN mission refuses to acknowledge Ukrainian evidence on Olenivka attack – Ukrainian ombudsman

Two years after the Russian terrorist attack in Olenivka, the UN mission has never agreed to review Ukrainian materials on the strike, reported Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets on Facebook on July 29.

30 July 2024, 01:17 PM

Ukrainian Azov soldiers urge world to remember Olenivka massacre on second anniversary

On the second anniversary of the terrorist attack on the prisoner-of-war colony in Olenivka, soldiers of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard urged fellow citizens and the world to raise awareness about the Russian crime and to join in honoring the memory of the victims.

28 July 2024, 03:58 PM

SBU detains Russian GRU group planning four attacks in Kyiv

A group from the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), which was planning four terrorist attacks in Kyiv's hardware hypermarkets and near a popular cafe on May 9, has been detained, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service reported on Telegram on May 13.

13 May 2024, 04:35 PM

Security Service of Ukraine counters Russian terrorist attacks in Kyiv on May 9

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says it has prevented terrorist attacks planned by Russian Main Intelligence Directorate(GRU) in Kyiv on May 9, SBU spokesman Artem Dekhtyarenko told NV on May 11.

11 May 2024, 01:19 PM

Survivors of Olenivka explosion describe it as ‘thermobaric blast,’ label incident as Russian war crime

Survivors of the explosion that rocked the prisoner-of-war colony in Olenivka on July 29, 2022, have no doubts that it was a terrorist attack, former Ukrainian POW, Azov officer, and defender of Mariupol, Arsen Dmytryk (Lemko), said on Radio NV on April 11.

16 April 2024, 01:36 PM

Zaporizhzhya rocked by multiple ballistic missile strikes: Three civilians killed, 13 wounded

Russians attacked Zaporizhzhya with five ballistic missiles in two hours, killing three civilians, injuring 13 more people, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram on April 5.

5 April 2024, 06:57 PM

More than 1 in 2 Russians believe Kremlin’s bogus claims of UA involvement in Crocus terror attack

More than 1 in 2 Russians believe that the Ukrainian government was involved in the shootings at Crocus City Hall committed by ISIS terrorists, the Financial Times reported, citing an OpenMinds survey.

1 April 2024, 01:49 PM

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