The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a Kharkiv resident who was allegedly aiding Russian attacks on the city’s civilian infrastructure, including a Jan. 23 strike that injured nine people, the SBU’s press service reported on Feb. 21. Russia fired S-300 and Kh-22 missiles at Kharkiv late on Jan. 23, damaging houses, an educational institution, […]
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Estonia detains 10 people suspected of committing sabotage on orders from Russia
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s domestic security agency said on Tuesday that it had apprehended 10 people suspected of sabotage and of spreading fear and creating tension within the Baltic country in a coordinated “hybrid operation” by Russia’s special services. Among the suspects — detained between December and February — are individuals believed to have broken […]
SBU charges Russian oligarch Deripaska, detains 2 associates for alleged role in supplies to Russia
Ukraine’s SBU security service has indicted Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in absentia and detained two top managers of his company in Ukraine, its press service announced on Feb. 15. According to the investigation, the suspects supplied Russia with raw materials for the production of various types of weapons, including Iskander missiles. Read also: Russian oligarch […]
Police detains injured Russian near Avdiivka during evacuation – photo
The police jointly with soldiers, which were headed to the rescue of an injured civilian, have detained an injured Russian soldier from the Storm-Z unit. Source: National Police of Ukraine Quote: “The police jointly with the military were headed to the rescue of an injured civilian. In the street they saw a man wearing a […]
SBU detains suspected spy who allegedly aided Russian strike on Pokrovsk district on Jan. 6
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a suspected informant of Russian intelligence services who spied on Ukraine’s military and aided Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure in Donetsk Oblast, the SBU’s press service reported on Feb. 7. A Russian missile attack launched on a residential area in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast on Jan. […]
SBU detains Kyiv resident for allegedly spying on military for Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a Kyiv resident for allegedly spying on military facilities and critical infrastructure in the capital in cooperation with Russian intelligence services, the SBU’s press service reported on Jan. 30. This information would help the Russian Armed Forces to plan further attacks on critical and military infrastructure in Kyiv, […]
SBU detains former leader of banned party, now corrector, linked to former KGB officer
Oleksandr Svystunov allegedly aided FSB in recruiting Yavoriv training ground strike corrector, according to Ukraine’s SBU Security Service’s Telegram post on Jan. 26 An air attack at the training ground on Mar. 13, 2022 killed 64 people and dozens are still considered missing, said Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office. In June 2022, the SBU apprehended a […]
Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv detains son of businessman involved in MoD procurement case
The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv has chosen the restriction measure for Roman Hrynkevych, the son of businessman IhorHrynkevych involved in the case on procurement of low-quality clothes for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He is to remain in custody until 17 March 2024 with the possibility of bail of over UAH 500 million (about […]
Ukraine detains top managers supplying military barriers to Russian forces in Zhytomyr Oblast — SBI
Top executives from a consortium supplying barriers to the Russian military-industrial complex used in the war against Ukraine have been apprehended in Zhytomyr Oblast, the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported on Jan. 17. The consortium, once owned by an entrepreneur who left Ukraine just before the full-scale invasion, later shifted ownership to individuals […]
SBU detains Wagner PMC member tasked with disrupting Kyiv’s power grid
Ukraine’s SBU security service has arrested a member of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group as the latter attempted to plant GPS trackers on power transmission towers, the SBU said on Telegram on Jan. 15. The saboteur was likely aiming to disrupt power supplies to Kyiv, the SBU said, by helping Russian forces coordinate airstrikes via these […]
SBU detains former Kherson official who helped Russians kidnap Ukrainian children
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a former Kherson city official who helped Russia abduct Ukrainian children during its occupation of the city, according to an SBU post onTelegram on January 12. The woman was detained at the Krakovets border crossing in Lviv Oblast while attempting to flee to the European Union. The detainee, who was the Deputy Head of the Kherson Center for Emergency Medical […]