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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

NABU searches businessman Yakymets linked to law enforcement, top officials

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau detectives carried out searches on Jan. 15, at the home of businessman Bohdan Yakymets, who is connected to law enforcement agencies and senior Ukrainian officials, according to news outlet ZN.UA.

16 January, 01:25 PM

SBU detains man on mobilization sabotage charges

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has exposed a Dnipro resident who used Telegram to disseminate information about the movements of mobile groups of Territorial Recruitment Centers in an attempt to obstruct mobilization, the agency reported on Jan. 15.

15 January, 08:53 AM

Ukraine's parliament dismisses Vasyl Maliuk as SBU head

Ukraine's parliament has voted to dismiss Vasyl Maliuk as head of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram on Jan. 13.

13 January, 04:43 PM

Parliament committee clears path to oust SBU chief Maliuk

Ukraine’s Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence has backed the dismissal of SBU head Vasyl Maliuk on its second attempt, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak wrote on Jan. 13.

13 January, 12:47 PM

Acting SBU chief reports recent operations to Zelenskyy, new ones approved

Acting head of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service Yevhenii Khmara briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on recent SBU operations and secured approval for new ones, the Ukrainian leader announced on X on Jan. 10.

10 January, 07:03 PM

Russia struggling to rebuild air force after June's Operation Cobweb

Russia has not yet overcome the damage to its strategic aviation from a major Ukrainian drone operation in June 2025, sources told NV on Jan. 8, citing Western intelligence services.

8 January, 07:48 PM

MP Kostenko hoping Khmara will head SBU after Maliuk

National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee Secretary Roman Kostenko hopes current acting SBU head Yevhenii Khmara will lead the Security Service on a permanent basis, he said in a Radio NV interview on Jan. 6.

7 January, 07:42 PM

SBU launches probe into illegal school at Russian Orthodox Church monastery in Kyiv

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has opened a criminal investigation into the operation of an underground school on the premises of a Russian Orthodox Church monastery in Kyiv, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Jan. 7.

7 January, 12:40 PM

Ukraine’s security chief agrees to step down

Ukraine’s Security Service’s head Vasyl Malyuk has agreed to resign, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Jan. 5, citing sources familiar with the situation.

5 January, 09:33 AM

Russians in Novorossiysk urgently camouflaging Black Sea Fleet logistics — Atesh

Partisans detected intensified camouflage and security measures at key Russian logistics sites in Novorossiysk after successful Ukrainian Defense Forces strikes on Black Sea Fleet objects, the pro-Kyiv partisan movement Atesh reported on Jan. 4.

4 January, 12:50 PM

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