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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

Ukraine’s operation Cobweb against Russian bombers - New video

A new video detailing the chronology of Operation Cobweb’s attacks on four separate military bases across Russia was posted by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) on Telegram on June 11.

11 June 2025, 11:14 AM

Ukrainian intelligence preparing new cross-border strikes like Cobweb — sources

Ukraine’s intelligence services are preparing new covert operations inside Russia similar to the recent Cobweb attack that damaged dozens of strategic bombers, The Washington Post reported on June 6, citing sources within Ukrainian intelligence.

6 June 2025, 06:44 PM

Kremlin cynically claims June 6 strike on Ukraine was response to damaged bombers

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Russia’s overnight missile and drone strike on Ukraine was a “response” to Ukraine’s Cobweb special operation, which damaged 41 Russian strategic aircraft at rear airbases, according to a report by Russian state news agency TASS on June 6.

6 June 2025, 06:07 PM

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry responds to Kremlin’s complaints about strikes on Russia

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has responded to complaints by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin over Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory as part of Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb, according to a statement by the ministry’s press service on June 5.

5 June 2025, 04:29 PM

SBU warns of new Russian tactic in agent recruitment operations

Russian intelligence services have adopted a new tactic to recruit Ukrainians by posing as SBU officers and assigning criminal tasks under the guise of serving national interests, according to Ukraine’s SBU Security Service in a statement posted on Telegram on June 5.

5 June 2025, 11:25 AM

Ukrainian Navy: Russia mostly silent in Black Sea after latest Crimean Bridge blast

Only one Russian missile carrier submarine remained in the Black Sea as of the morning of June 5, down from two the previous day, according to Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk in a statement aired on national television.

5 June 2025, 10:18 AM

SBU’s third strike on Crimean Bridge halts traffic amid new attack reports

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service conducted a third attack on the Crimean Bridge on June 3, using 1,100 kilograms of underwater explosives to damage its supports, halting traffic, the SBU reported on Facebook.

3 June 2025, 07:10 PM

Operation Cobweb prepared for over a year, destroyed more than 40 Russian aircraft — NV sources

Operation Cobweb — a covert mission that enabled Ukraine’s SBU Security Service to strike 41 Russian strategic aircraft — had been in preparation for more than a year and a half, sources in Ukraine’s intelligence community told NV on June 1.

1 June 2025, 05:07 PM

Kremlin says POW swap needs time, denies ceasefire negotiations

Russia is ready to carry out a large-scale prisoner swap with Ukraine — in a 1,000-for-1,000 format — “as quickly as possible,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said during a briefing on May 22, according to Russian state media.

22 May 2025, 03:25 PM

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