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Tusk calls NATO comments by PiS-backed candidate ‘treason’ in escalating Polish election clash

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki of “state treason” on May 20, telling TVN24 that Nawrocki’s opposition to Ukraine’s NATO bid echoes the demands of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and constitutes “one of the biggest scandals of this campaign.”

23 May 2025, 10:31 AM

Portnov lived near school where he was gunned down, suspects still at large — media

Andriy Portnov, former adviser to exiled Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, was killed in Madrid near the school where he had just dropped off his children on May 21, Los Replicantes reported, citing sources.

21 May 2025, 03:03 PM

At least three shots to the head: El País reveals new details in Portnov’s killing

Former adviser to exiled Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, Andriy Portnov, was attacked by two or three assailants who fired five shots — at least three of which struck him in the head, according to El País.

21 May 2025, 02:26 PM

SBI sends ex-NSDC deputy secretary Sivkovych’s treason case to court

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) sent a treason case against former National Security and Defense Council Deputy Secretary Volodymyr Sivkovych and three Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) operatives to court for running a Russian-led espionage network targeting Ukraine, the SBI reported on Telegram on May 20.

20 May 2025, 03:50 PM

SBU arrests teen sharing Defense Force positions with Russian FSB

A teen who spied on the Defense Forces positions in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts and passed this information to Russia’s FSB was arrested, military counterintelligence department of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on May 20.

20 May 2025, 02:15 PM

Ex-Ukraine soccer captain Tymoshchuk suspected of aiding Russian military

Ukrainian law enforcers charged former national soccer team captain Anatoliy Tymoshchuk with aiding Russian military efforts by donating a signed jersey to an auction that raised 700,000 rubles ($8,663) for Russia’s 106th Reconnaissance Battalion, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on May 16.

16 May 2025, 04:23 PM

Planned terror campaign: SBU says it uncovered nine FSB agents, including five teenagers

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has detained nine agents of Russia’s FSB who were preparing terrorist attacks in central and eastern regions of the country. Among the suspects are five teenagers aged 14 to 15, the SBU said on April 16.

16 April 2025, 12:18 PM

SBU nabs Kharkiv power plant worker guiding Russian drones at energy facility

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained an employee of one of the country’s largest combined heat and power plants in Kharkiv who was guiding Russian drones to the power facility, the SBU press service reported on Telegram on April 14.

14 April 2025, 04:06 PM

Moscow-linked cleric caught spying for Russia

Ukrainian security forces have detained a priest with the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC-MP) who agreed to spy for Russia’s FSB in exchange for evacuating his family to the aggressor state, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on April 10.

10 April 2025, 01:30 PM

Ukrainian educator caught feeding troop locations to Russian intelligence

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, according to an April 3 statement, detained the deputy director of a school in Sumy Oblast accused of spying for Russia by gathering and reporting coordinates of Ukrainian military positions near the border with Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

3 April 2025, 12:51 PM

Ukrainian space agency official exposed as Russian spy, detained during ministry meeting

In a carefully coordinated operation, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service arrested an official from the State Space Agency accused of spying for Russia’s FSB — and they did it right in the middle of a ministry meeting, the SBU reported on March 8.

8 March 2025, 02:43 PM

From the Kremlin to Kyiv: How an American lobbyist allegedly planted Russia’s ‘top agent’ in Zelenskyy’s inner circle

Former head of the Crimean department of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, Oleh Kulinich, who is accused of treason, collaborated in 2018-2019 with American lawyer Marcus Cohen, a former lobbyist for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, The Sunday Times reported.

13 February 2025, 01:42 PM

SBU detains Ukrainian lawyer for ties to Russian military intelligence

In Kyiv, Ukrainian counterintelligence and investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine arrested a lawyer who worked as a Russian GRU agent, recruiting new operatives and defending those exposed in court, the SBU said on Jan. 19.

19 January 2025, 04:39 PM

Kyiv judge accused of treason in Yanukovych-era scheme to fund Russia’s military

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has formally accused a sitting judge of the Kyiv Commercial Court and former top Ukrainian officials from Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency, including Yanukovych himself and ex-Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, of state treason.

18 January 2025, 07:51 PM

Former MP Novynskyi indicted for treason over alleged Russian Orthodox Church ties

The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), in cooperation with Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, has accused former MP and pro-Russian Opposition Bloc member Vadym Novynskyi of treason, NV sources reported on Jan. 18.

18 January 2025, 04:34 PM

Former MP Vadym Kolesnichenko accused of treason

Former MP Vadym Kolesnichenko faces charges of treason, with a potential life sentence, Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) said on Dec. 11.

11 December 2024, 12:43 PM

SBU detains three Ukrainians who fought against Ukraine’s Armed Forces in Kursk Oblast

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) announced the suspicion of three Ukrainian citizens who voluntarily joined the Russian army and fought against Ukraine’s Defense Forces in Kursk Oblast, according to an SBU statement on Nov. 4.

4 November 2024, 01:43 PM

Kharkiv woman sentenced to 10 years for aiding Russian attacks with selfies

In Kharkiv, a woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for directing Russian missile strikes on the city, Ukraine’s SBU security service announced on Oct. 29.

29 October 2024, 09:11 PM

Zaporizhzhya defense company employee detained on espionage charges

Ukraine’s SBU security service has arrested two Zaporizhzhya residents on espionage charges, for their alleged role in giving Russia coordinates of critical Ukrainian military assets in the region, the SBU announced on Sept. 17.

18 September 2024, 12:40 AM

Law enforcement completes investigation into MP Dubinsky’s treason case

Law enforcement authorities have completed the preliminary investigation into Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Dubinsky and four others suspected of state treason, according to the State Bureau of Investigations (DBR) on Sept. 16.

16 September 2024, 02:50 PM

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