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SBU exposes Medvedchuk’s 12 allies in Moscow

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has uncovered 12 accomplices of Viktor Medvedchuk, a former parliamentarian from the banned Opposition Platform party suspected of treason, operating under the guise of the Moscow-based Another Ukraine organization, the SBU reported on Aug. 14.

14 August 2025, 08:01 PM

SBU nabs woman aiding Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhya

A former Zaporizhzhya Pension Fund employee has been detained on charges of gathering coordinates for a Russian missile attack on the city, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on Telegram on Aug. 11.

11 August 2025, 11:00 AM

SBU nabs Russian agent in Kropyvnytskyi drone attack plot

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a Russian agent in Kirovohrad Oblast who prepared coordinates for Russia’s air attack on Kropyvnytskyi on July 28, according to SBU’s statement on Telegram.

8 August 2025, 01:56 PM

Zelenskyy approves new SBU operations to disrupt Russian military

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reviewed a briefing from Vasyl Maliuk, head of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service, and approved new operations against Russia, the head of state announced on X on Aug. 6.

6 August 2025, 02:10 PM

SBU nabs Russian agent plotting Sumy Oblast sabotage

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a Russian agent who was preparing a breakthrough for Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Sumy Oblast, the agency’s press service reported on Telegram on Aug. 1.

1 August 2025, 05:15 PM

Mexican drug lords may train in Ukraine for drone skills

Mexican special services informed their Ukrainian counterparts that some volunteers may have joined Ukraine’s Defense Forces not for ideological reasons but to master drone operations and transfer these skills to drug cartels, the French outlet Intelligence Online reported on July 29.

31 July 2025, 02:19 AM

SBU foils FSB plot to kill Da Vinci Wolves battalion commander

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) thwarted a plot by Russia's FSB to assassinate Serhii Filimonov, the 108th Separate Da Vinci Wolves battalion’s commander, according to the agency’s July 29 report on Telegram.

29 July 2025, 11:28 AM

SBU nabs Belarusian KGB agent tracking Ukraine’s border defenses

An agent of Belarus’s State Security Committee (KGB) who was gathering intelligence on Ukraine’s northern border defenses was detained, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service reported on Telegram on July 28.

28 July 2025, 01:23 PM

SBU stops Russian double bomb attack in Mykolaiv

Two Russian agents who were preparing a double terrorist attack near a regional military enlistment office in Mykolaiv were detained, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service reported on Telegram on July 24.

24 July 2025, 03:48 PM

NABU targets SBU official for $300,000 extortion

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) disclosed case materials suspecting a head of a sector in the SBU’s Department for Protection of National Statehood, along with two accomplices, of extorting illicit benefits, according to a joint statement on July 22.

22 July 2025, 01:39 PM

SBU unmasks Opposition Platform MP as FSB agent influencing NABU

Fedor Khrystenko, a current member of parliament from the banned Opposition Platform-For Life party, was exposed for working for Russia, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service announced in a press release on July 21.

21 July 2025, 04:18 PM

SBU says Defense Ministry official embezzled funds for APC repairs

Law enforcement, with the support of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, has uncovered a scheme in which officials allegedly misappropriated state funds intended for repairing armored vehicles for Ukraine’s Armed Forces, the SBU Security Service said in a statement on July 17.

17 July 2025, 06:45 PM

Ukraine boosts SBU force size and creates new elite combat unit

Ukraine’s parliament on July 16 voted to increase the size of the country’s Security Service (SBU) and its elite combat unit, according to MP Iryna Herashchenko of the European Solidarity party.

16 July 2025, 07:34 PM

Ukraine’s Security Service detains two Russian agents in Dnipro and Poltava

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and National Police detained two female agents working for Russian intelligence (GRU), planning a series of terrorist attacks targeting judges and volunteers in Poltava and Dnipro, SBU wrote on July 14.

14 July 2025, 01:51 PM

Ukraine nabs 6 Russian agents for arson attacks on military, railways

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and National Police detained six Russian agents who, on orders from Russia, carried out arson attacks on Ukrainian military vehicles, Ukrainian Railways energy facilities, and post offices in various regions of Ukraine, according to an SBU statement on Telegram on July 10.

10 July 2025, 03:30 PM

SBU raids customs in three regions to stop foreign influence

Massive searches are underway at customs facilities in Odesa, Volyn, and Chernivtsi oblasts, sources in law enforcement told NV on July 9.

9 July 2025, 03:00 PM

SBU uncovers Russian FSB mole in Air Force ranks

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service thwarted a Russian attempt to obtain coordinates of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ aviation infrastructure, its press service announced on Telegram on July 3.

3 July 2025, 12:58 PM

SBU confirms strike on Kupol plant in Izhevsk, key producer of Russian Tor, Osa air defense systems and drones

On the morning of July 1, long-range drones operated by Ukraine’s SBU Security Service struck production and storage facilities at the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol in Russia’s Udmurt Republic, more than 1,300 kilometers from Ukrainian-held territory, sources in the intelligence service told NV.

1 July 2025, 03:21 PM

Metropolitan of Russian Orthodox Church in Luhansk sentenced in absentia to 11 years for aiding Russia

Vasyl Povorozniuk, a sanctioned metropolitan of the Luhansk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison for collaborating with Russian occupying forces on temporarily seized Ukrainian territory, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said on June 30.

30 June 2025, 02:04 PM

SBU foils Russian FSB terror plot in Ivano-Frankivsk thanks to 15-year-old girl

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service prevented a Russian FSB-orchestrated terrorist attack in Ivano-Frankivsk’s central park, thanks to a 15-year-old schoolgirl who reported the plot via an SBU chatbot, the agency reported on Telegram on June 12.

12 June 2025, 01:02 PM

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