During the trial of Artem Kosov, accused of murder on the funicular, the prosecutor stated about domestic violence. Two weeks before the incident, Kosov's father contacted the police due to being beaten by his son.
A scheme of shadow supplies of Russian drugs worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias has been exposed in Ukraine. The organizers were the owner of a Russian pharma holding and the director of a subsidiary company from Ukraine.
Kyiv police are investigating a case under the article on domestic violence against actor Kostiantyn Temlyak. His ex-girlfriend accuses him of assault and moral abuse.
The investigation into the organizers of the VinEco and Vinex Trade financial pyramid has been completed. The perpetrators defrauded over 90 investors of almost 26 million hryvnias, promising high interest rates and bonuses.
In Kyiv, a cardiologist from a private center and an intermediary were exposed for helping conscripts obtain fake diagnoses for money. The scheme involved fictitious treatment and registration of illnesses, such as bronchial asthma, to be removed from military registration.
People's Deputy Vasyl Nimchenko was robbed near a Kyiv supermarket. A bag with documents and money, left in a shopping cart, went missing.
In Sumy region, 12 people, including two children, were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike. An apartment building, 13 private homes, an outbuilding, and a garage were damaged.
In the village of Novi Chervyshcha, Volyn, local residents threw stones at a TCC service vehicle. This happened during the verification of military registration data of a citizen who had a disability.
Border guards of the Chop detachment exposed a clergyman of the UOC who tried to illegally smuggle a conscript across the border for $10,000. He hid the man in his own car under his cassocks.
The former head of the Central Medical-Social Expert Commission of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and seven of his accomplices are suspected of abuse of power and document forgery. They illegally issued disability to at least 14 citizens, which led to payments of over UAH 2.8 million from the state budget.
Law enforcement officers informed former director of the communal enterprise Andriy Kovalenko about suspicion. Budget losses exceeded UAH 42 million due to fictitious advertising and marketing services.
Law enforcement officers stopped an attempt to illegally export over two tons of crushed car catalysts containing precious metals from Ukraine. The value of the seized goods exceeds 11 million hryvnias, and three members of the group have been notified of suspicion.
The former head of a police unit in Bukovyna was sentenced to 7 years in prison with confiscation of property. He was found guilty of inciting a bribe and seizing 40 thousand euros.
The SBU's military counterintelligence and the National Police liquidated a large-scale scheme of evasion from mobilization in Kyiv. The organizer and accomplices sold fictitious certificates and "reservations"; over UAH 17 million in cash was seized.
In Kyiv, the death of a 10-year-old girl who died in a children's hospital during anesthesia administration is being investigated. The child was in the hospital due to a forearm fracture.
In Brovary district, a VAZ driver ran over a woman in a wheelchair, who later died in the hospital. The driver was found to have 2.1 per mille of alcohol, he was detained.
A car exploded in Kyiv's Podilskyi district due to the detonation of an unknown device. The owner of the vehicle was injured.
In Kovel on August 17, an Audi car collided with a motorcycle, as a result of which the 35-year-old motorcyclist died on the spot. The car driver was sober, and a criminal proceeding has been opened.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Denys Prokopenko ("Redis") with the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, II degree. Ten National Guard servicemen also received the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, III degree.
In the Kyiv region, a 14-year-old moped driver collided with a minivan while exiting a secondary road. As a result of the accident, the driver and his 15-year-old passenger were injured and hospitalized.
In Kharkiv on August 16, a Nissan driver drove onto the sidewalk, hitting a 20-year-old woman and her five-month-old child. The injured were taken to the hospital with injuries.
In Kharkiv, a man attacked a police officer and three TCR employees with a knife during mobilization activities. The attacker has been detained and taken into custody without the right to bail. The injured are in the hospital.
In Kyiv Oblast, a female deputy and five accomplices seized land plots totaling 92 hectares. The criminal group caused 12 million UAH in damages to the territorial community.
In Brovary, a Honda driver lost control, collided with a police car, which was then thrown into a bus. There were no casualties, only damage to the vehicles.
A 38-year-old man has been detained in Khmelnytskyi region, suspected of murdering his own 60-year-old mother with an axe. The perpetrator hid in the woods for almost a day after committing the crime.
In Cherkasy region, prosecutors announced suspicions to 20 individuals, including heads of communal enterprises and officials. The damages are estimated at over 260 million hryvnias.
A scheme of extorting money from convicts has been exposed in the Novhorod-Siverskyi correctional facility. The "overseer" and his accomplices received almost 100,000 hryvnias for a "peaceful serving of sentence."
Two law enforcement officers, Roman Penkov and Valentyn Havrysh, were killed during enemy shelling in Sviatohirsk, Donetsk region. Their car came under fire while they were performing their official duties.
The State Aviation Administration of Ukraine has appointed the foreign offshore company AAL Group Ltd. as the administrator of repair documentation for Mi-8 helicopters. This company has ties to the Russian military-industrial complex, which creates risks for Ukraine's defense capabilities.
In Kyiv, an official of the "Municipal Guard" is suspected of official negligence. The body cameras she purchased for UAH 1.7 million did not meet the stated characteristics.