An explosion occurred on a bus in Kyiv's Podilskyi district, the circumstances of which are currently being investigated by law enforcement. Information about possible casualties is being clarified, and emergency services are working at the scene.
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko revealed details of a special operation in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where almost 300 people, including seven children, were illegally held in pseudo-rehabilitation centers. Relatives paid from UAH 6,000 per month for “treatment” that turned out to be abuse without medical care.
Pechersk District Court of Kyiv chose a pre-trial detention measure in the form of custody until February 22 for the former head of the SBU Department in Kharkiv region. He was re-detained upon leaving the pre-trial detention center on bail, after being served with a new suspicion of organizing the seizure of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration building.
The investigation into the former teacher accused of the intentional murder of two teenagers aged 15 and 16 has been completed in the Vinnytsia region. He faces a long prison sentence for the crime committed on September 10 in Shargorod.
The Prosecutor General's Office liquidated a network of fake rehabilitation centers in Dnipropetrovsk region. 287 people were released, including seven children, who were held without licenses and permits.
The SBU, National Police, and Prosecutor General's Office have заочно (in absentia) notified Vyacheslav Perevozkin, the head of pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the Perm Krai of the Russian Federation, of suspicion. He is suspected of cruel treatment, torture, and the murder of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina and Mayor Yevhen Matvieiev.
In the Lviv region, mountain rescuers have completed operations on Mount Zakhar Berkut, where a chairlift stopped. Within 2 hours, 78 people, including 39 children, were removed from the lift.
A rescue operation is underway on Mount Zakhar Berkut in Lviv Oblast. 63 people, including 35 children, out of a total of 80 people, have been rescued from the chairlift.
A minibus collided with a truck on the Kyiv-Chop highway. As a result of the accident, a 52-year-old passenger died, and two other people were hospitalized.
In Vinnytsia region, a lawyer was served with a notice of suspicion for committing a road accident in which a 10-year-old boy sustained serious injuries. The incident occurred in Mohyliv-Podilskyi when the driver, while reversing, collided with an electric scooter.
Today, Russians hit a residential area of Uman with a missile. The police are documenting the consequences of Russian war crimes, and the SBU Directorate in Cherkasy Oblast is conducting an investigation.
On Mount Zakhar Berkut, a chairlift with about 80 people stopped. SES rescuers evacuated 42 people, including 22 children.
In Ukraine, due to snow and black ice, 404 road accidents were recorded, 66 of them with casualties. In Kyiv, there were 45 accidents, 6 of them with casualties.
In the Kyiv region, a 40-year-old female driver of a Jeep Cherokee drove into the oncoming lane, colliding with a truck. As a result of the accident, an 8-year-old boy was killed, and two other minor passengers of the SUV were injured.
The prosecutor's office sent to court the case against 18 people involved in the torture of more than 90 civilians in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region. From March to September 2022, a torture chamber operated in the Kupyansk district police department, where people were held in inhumane conditions.
The court handed down a life sentence to the "Oleksandriia maniac" for a series of grave crimes, including the murder of a minor child. After ten years of investigation and court proceedings, despite the denial of guilt, the evidence fully confirmed the involvement of the accused.
The SBU detained an FSB agent who tried to kill a HUR MO of Ukraine officer in Kyiv. The assassination attempt was carried out by a 28-year-old citizen of a Central Asian country, who was promised 50,000 US dollars and legalization in the EU.
Law enforcement agencies are investigating at least six criminal proceedings against the private clinic Odrex in Odesa. The cases concern possible fraud and improper performance of duties by medical workers, which led to the death of patients. Lawyers explained under what circumstances the cases would be consolidated into one.
From January to November, 2,938 people died in road accidents in Ukraine, including 179 children, and 29,093 people were injured. The most common cause of death was speeding.
The former head of the SBU department in Kharkiv region was detained after attempting to be released on bail, with new charges filed against him. He is accused of organizing the seizure of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration and attempting to remove the leadership at the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
On December 25, a man attacked two TCR servicemen in Dnipro, inflicting stab wounds on them. The police opened criminal proceedings on the fact of threat or violence against an official.
Georgian police detained a 19-year-old Ukrainian citizen in Tbilisi on suspicion of drug distribution. 153 packages of methadone, ready for sale, and packaging materials were seized from him.
The former head of a communal enterprise in Tiachiv region has been notified of suspicion of abuse of office. He purchased two trucks at inflated prices, which led to an overpayment of over UAH 1.17 million.
In Kyiv, at the Kontraktova Ploshcha metro station, a 35-year-old man stabbed two passengers during a conflict. The victims were hospitalized, and the attacker was detained.
Law enforcement officers have uncovered new facts and individuals in the case of a criminal group that terrorized elderly residents of Ukraine, threatening prosecution for refusing to buy biologically active additives. A hundred new episodes have been documented, and 21 individuals have been notified of suspicion.
Andriy Pavelko, former president of the Ukrainian Association of Football, has been included in the list of persons hiding from pre-trial investigation bodies. He is accused of embezzlement and official forgery, with a disappearance date of November 5, 2025.
In Dnipro, a man inflicted knife wounds on two military personnel from the Territorial Recruitment Center (TCR) during a notification process. The injured were hospitalized, and shots were fired into the air to apprehend the assailant.
A 48-year-old woman who was injured in the Russian shelling of Kyiv on December 23, 2025, has died from her injuries. She sustained shrapnel wounds to the head during a drone attack in the Sviatoshynskyi district.
In Sukhiivtsi village, Ternopil region, five people, including two children, were hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The cause was a leaky combustion chamber of a solid fuel boiler.
In Kharkiv region, a mother was served with a notice of suspicion for malicious non-fulfillment of parental duties after her 6-year-old daughter sustained severe injuries during shelling in Kupyansk. The woman left the child in an active combat zone, despite mandatory evacuation.
