Vasyl Malyuk

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

Yermak sought the dismissal of SBU chief Malyuk a week before his own removal

Former presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak sought the dismissal of Security Service of Ukraine chief Vasyl Malyuk a week before Yermak’s own removal, according to a report by the Ukrainska Pravda news outlet on Dec. 1.

1 December 2025, 11:57 AM

SBU has destroyed 48% of Russia’s Pantsir air defense systems since the start of the year — Malyuk

Since the start of the year, Ukraine’s Security Service has carried out about 160 successful strikes on enemy targets, focusing mainly on oil extraction and refining sites, and has destroyed up to 48% of Russia’s Pantsir air defense systems, SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk said at a briefing with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Oct. 31.

31 October 2025, 05:59 PM

Ukraine’s long-range drones more effective in strikes on Russia – President Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s long-range drone missiles are becoming increasingly effective at destroying military targets inside Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, citing a report from Security Service chief Vasyl Malyuk on Oct. 8.

8 October 2025, 05:36 PM

SBU reveals 52 Ukrainian soldiers collaborated with Russia since war began

Since the start of the full-scale war, Ukraine’s Security Service has exposed 52 members of the Armed Forces collaborating with Russia, the SBU reported on Aug. 15.

15 August 2025, 02:00 PM

Russian truck drivers’ Easter binge drinking delayed Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb—SBU chief Malyuk

Ukraine’s SBU security service was forced to postpone its long-planned Operation Cobweb by a month after Russian truck drivers started binge drinking over the Easter holidays, SBU head Lt. Gen. Vasyl Malyuk said on Aug. 12.

12 August 2025, 10:29 PM

Russia plotted to assassinate Yermak’s brother, SBU says

Ukraine’s SBU security service thwarted an assassination plot by Russian special services against Denys Yermak, the brother of the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk said on June 23.

24 June 2025, 02:09 AM

Bribing Russian customs officials enabled Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb — SBU

Ukraine’s SBU security service had to bribe Russian customs officials in order to smuggle the equipment necessary to launch Operation Cobweb, which targeted Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, SBU head Vasyl Malyuk said on June 23.

23 June 2025, 11:39 PM

The third strike on the Crimean Bridge involved two blasts with 1,100 kg of explosives — Vasyl Malyuk

The third attack on the Crimean Bridge marks the beginning of a new era in "maritime history," the head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, said during a meeting with journalists on June 23.

23 June 2025, 06:38 PM

50 percent of hit Russian planes are beyond repair after Operation Cobweb

Of the 41 Russian aircraft hit during the Security Service of Ukraine's Operation Cobweb, half are beyond repair, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a press conference on June 4.

4 June 2025, 06:55 PM

Kremlin comments for first time on strikes targeting Russian strategic aviation

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded for the first time to Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti on June 3.

3 June 2025, 07:01 PM

'Cobweb' operation wipes out third of Russia’s nuclear bombers

Forty-one nuclear-capable strategic Tu-95, Tu-22M3, and Tu-160 bombers, as well as A-50 "Mainstay" airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft stationed at four separate military bases across Russia were destroyed or damaged in the June 2 special operation “Cobweb,” Ukraine’s Security Service’s (SBU) head Vasyl Malyuk reported on Telegram the following day.

2 June 2025, 02:03 PM

Russian agents planned to eliminate Zelenskyy, Budanov, and Malyuk

Hostile spy networks plotted to eliminate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) chief Vasyl Malyuk said at the Ukraine. Year 2025 forum on Feb. 23.

23 February 2025, 06:48 PM

No bail for traitor: Court locks up top SBU officer for treason

The court has placed Colonel Dmytro Kozyura, the head of the Anti-Terrorist Center Headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), in pre-trial detention until April 11, without the right to bail, the public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Telegram on Feb. 13.

13 February 2025, 02:08 PM

Russia files charges against Ukraine's SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk

In Russia, authorities charged Vasyl Malyuk, head of Ukraine's Security Service, in absentia for the July 17, 2023, attack on the Crimean Bridge, according to the Russian state news agency TASS on Oct. 13.

13 October 2024, 03:28 PM

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