The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
Candidates from places of detention are selected for "Artan X" after interviews, tests, and a polygraph. Around 90% are motivated to defend Ukraine.
SBU Head Oleksandr Poklad and the entire staff of the Security Service congratulated the personnel of Ukraine’s military intelligence and personally the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Oleh Ivashchenko, on their professional holiday.
In August 2026, Group 13 fighters struck a Russian "Bastion" system in Crimea. Two fuel trucks and a command-and-staff vehicle were also destroyed.
Following the shootout between the SBU and the HUR, two suspects were notified. Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of the deputy heads of both agencies.
Following the shooting on September 1 in Kyiv, an SBU employee and a HUR serviceman were notified of suspicion. The disappearance of an RVC fighter is also being investigated.
Stepan Kaplunov said that SBU officers abducted him and subjected him to physical and psychological pressure. He added that he was interrogated by Oleksandr Poklad, the acting head of the SBU, in person.
The DIU warned of an unfolding campaign to discredit military intelligence. The statement came after an incident involving the SBU in Kyiv.
The Verkhovna Rada committee will hear explanations regarding the shooting in Kyiv involving the SBU and HUR on September 2. Parliament is awaiting a report.
The SBU stated that a serviceman had contacts with Russian special services and had been tasked with eliminating Ukrainian military personnel. During investigative proceedings, a shooting occurred; the SBU called it an unacceptable phenomenon.
The president dismissed Oleh Khramov from the position of head of an SBU department. No official link between the decision and the shooting involving the SBU and the HUR has been confirmed.
A video of a clash and shooting between the SBU and representatives of the DIU in Kyiv is circulating online. The sides describe the circumstances of the incident differently.
The Prosecutor General’s Office and the SBI are investigating a shooting between SBU and HUR units in Kyiv. Zelenskyy said personnel decisions may be made.
The President believes that the heads of the agencies involved should communicate about the shooting in Kyiv. Representatives of a unit of the Defense Forces were wounded and detained during the search.
During a search in a case following a foiled terrorist attack, an armed attack on an SBU group took place by the FSB. There are wounded. The attackers were detained; an investigation is ongoing.
According to sources, the person in question is Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander for combat operations of the Russian Volunteer Corps. He arrived in Ukraine on the occasion of Independence Day.
The SBU, together with the DIU of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, prevented a terrorist attack that the FSB of the Russian Federation was preparing against a leader of the Russian opposition movement. Investigative actions are ongoing.
The Russian Federation is introducing military training, propaganda, and drone-piloting instruction in the temporarily occupied territories. Cadet classes are planned from 2026.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine classified "Tsirkon" as a solid-fuel ballistic missile. Intelligence data refute the russian claims about a scramjet engine.
Due to strikes on the Russian oil-refining network, Russia banned aviation fuel exports and imported 70,000 tonnes of Jet A-1 from Korea and Egypt, according to intelligence.
The SBU strike damaged a Tu-95MS at the Engels air base, and the aircraft may have effectively been destroyed. As few as 37 such bombers may have remained combat-ready.
Zelenskyy stated the goal of one thousand long-range drones per day. According to him, the strikes have already restricted the movement of vessels in Novorossiysk.
Ukraine’s long-range strikes are reducing the volume of Russian exports, halting the operation of oil refineries, undermining Russia’s capabilities to produce rocket fuel, and effectively blocking the activities of the Black Sea Fleet.
Zelenskyy reported updated intelligence on Russia’s plans to increase ballistic missile production. Ukraine calls on its partners to block the supply of components and strengthen sanctions.
Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine's deep strikes are highly effective. Russia is unable to operate fully at sea and is considering arming civilian vessels.
Major Sergei Sechkov of the 332nd Regiment was killed in the explosion, and his wife was injured. A 24-year-old Russian woman is suspected of carrying out the blast.
The HUR published data on the components, enterprises, and employees involved in the production of Iskander-M missiles. The upgraded Iskander-1000 can strike targets 550 km away.
Intelligence reports that Russia plans to recruit 300,000 people each in 2026 and 2027. Some of them may be trained in Belarus.
Russia has created five groups comprising up to 17 converted S-400 launchers for strikes against Ukraine. Over 20 days in July, 46 RM-48U missiles were used.
Ukrposhta issued two stamps for the 35th anniversary of Independence in support of prisoners of war and missing persons. They were chosen by nearly 328,800 people.
DIU representative Andrii Yusov said that a new prisoner exchange could take place very soon. More than 70 exchanges have been carried out since the beginning of the invasion.