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SBU nabs FSB agent plotting assassination of Ukrainian Employers’ Federation official

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has detained an agent of Russia’s Federal Security Service who was preparing a terrorist attack and assassination attempt on one of the leaders of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine in Kyiv, the SBU reported on Telegram on April 8.

8 April, 02:55 PM

SBU nabs FSB spotter who guided strikes on Kramatorsk

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has detained an FSB-recruited spotter in Donetsk Oblast, who helped Russian forces adjust air strikes on Kramatorsk, including attacks with powerful FAB-1500 glide bombs, the SBU reported on April 6.

6 April, 07:45 PM

Ukraine charges Russian singer Baskov in absentia for war propaganda

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and the Office of the Prosecutor General have charged Russian pop and opera singer Nikolai Baskov in absentia for supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to SBU’s message on April 1.

1 April, 06:45 PM

SBU arrests Culture ministry official over pro-Russian propaganda

Ukraine’s Security Service detained a senior official from the Culture Ministry on suspicion of praising Russian leader Vladimir Putin and justifying Russia’s war against Ukraine, the agency said on March 30.

30 March, 03:46 PM

Regional SBU deputy heads charged in $322K amber extortion scheme

The deputy heads of Ukraine's SBU Security Service in the Kyiv and Rivne oblasts, and a civilian intermediary, have been charged with extorting more than $322,000 from amber business owners to close criminal cases and ensure unhindered operations, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported on March 17.

17 March, 07:13 PM

SBU deploys cyber centers nationwide to block Russian hacker attacks

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has created regional cybersecurity support centers in all Oblasts to repel hacker attacks on local infrastructure, Volodymyr Karasteliov, head of the SBU Cybersecurity Department, said.

26 February, 06:12 PM

SBU nabs FSB agent guiding strikes on Kyiv defense firms

Ukraine's SBU Security Service detained a 59-year-old businessman suspected of acting as an FSB agent, who gathered intelligence on Kyiv defense enterprises under the guise of fulfilling orders for armored glass production for Ukrainian military vehicles and adjusted Russian strikes on those sites, the SBU reported on Telegram on Feb. 25.

25 February, 01:43 PM

SBU nabs duo for registering Starlink for Russian forces

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained two unemployed Izmail residents — a 36-year-old man and his 28-year-old partner — who agreed to register Starlink terminals for Russian forces for $30 each, facing life imprisonment for state treason committed under martial law by prior conspiracy, the SBU reported on Feb. 24.

24 February, 01:36 PM

Ukraine's top military psychiatrist suspected of laundering $1 million

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service pressed new charges against chief military psychiatrist Oleh Druz for laundering nearly $1 million through purchases of elite real estate and premium-class cars registered to close relatives, the SBU reported on Feb. 20.

20 February, 07:36 PM

SBU nabs man who planted bomb in Odesa car explosion on Russian orders

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and National Police detained a 33-year-old unemployed man accused of manufacturing and planting an improvised explosive device that detonated under a Toyota SUV in Odesa on Feb. 16 on instructions from Russian special services, the SBU announced.

17 February, 03:14 PM

Ukraine's SBU Security Service labels Odesa car blast a terrorist act

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service classified a car explosion in Odesa on Feb. 16 as a terrorist act, the agency announced in a statement.

16 February, 03:40 PM

SBU exposes senior official at Armed Forces’ Main Hospital over fake enlistment scheme

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has uncovered a draft evasion scheme at the Armed Forces’ Main Military Clinical Hospital and detained a senior official from the facility’s Center for the Organization of Security and Defense of Facilities, the agency said on Feb. 11.

11 February, 11:18 AM

SBU detains woman setting video traps for Russian strikes

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a 60-year-old woman in the western Ukrainian city of Khmelnytskyi suspected of working for Russia’s FSB Federal Security Service to install hidden “video traps” near military sites to guide air strikes on Ukrainian troops, the SBU reported on Feb. 9.

9 February, 09:53 PM

SBU nabs Kyiv bank employee for passing military data to Russia

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a 40-year-old employee of a Kyiv commercial bank who is suspected of passing personal data of Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers to Russian special services, the SBU reported on Feb. 9.

9 February, 04:06 PM

SBU nabs FSB agent who used mother to adjust strikes on Druzhkivka

Ukraine's SBU Security Service detained a 41-year-old resident of Donetsk Oblast who worked for Russia's FSB, using his unsuspecting mother to gather intelligence on Ukrainian military positions and adjust enemy fire on Druzhkivka and its outskirts, the SBU reported on Telegram on Feb. 3.

3 February, 01:43 PM

SBU nabs Russian mole plotting attack on naval drones

A Ukrainian Navy serviceman from the unmanned special-purpose brigade has been detained on suspicion of collaborating with Russia and preparing an attack on Sea Baby and Magura marine drones, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on Telegram on Jan. 29.

29 January, 11:03 AM

SBU dismantles 8 draft dodging schemes, detains organizers, including academy rector

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, together with the State Bureau of Investigation and National Police, blocked eight new schemes to evade conscription and detained the organizers of the schemes in various regions of Ukraine, according to the SBU press service’s report on Jan. 26.

26 January, 07:13 PM

SBU detains Russian agents for arson attacks on Ukrainian military vehicles

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, together with the National Police, detained two Russian agents who, on FSB Federal Security Service orders, set fire to vehicles of Ukraine’s Defense Forces and mobile communications facilities, the SBU press service reported on Telegram on Jan. 21.

21 January, 05:00 PM

NABU opens case into alleged systematic SBU bribery under Ivan Bakanov

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine registered a criminal proceeding regarding possible receipt of undue advantage by former high-ranking Ukraine’s SBU Security Service officials following public statements by Ukrainian businessman Serhiy Vahanyan in the media, ZN.UA reported on Jan. 19, citing the NABU press service.

19 January, 06:48 PM

Whistleblower details alleged multimillion‑dollar kickbacks at SBU under Bakanov

Lawmakers from the European Solidarity party have asked Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau to investigate allegations of systemic corruption in the Security Service of Ukraine during the tenure of former officials Ivan Bakanov and Andrii Naumov, MP Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze wrote on Facebook on Jan. 18.

19 January, 12:10 PM

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