National Police of Ukraine
Prosecutor General Kravchenko stated that an additional examination in the case of the murder of a 16-year-old boy on the funicular will confirm the guilt of Artem Kosov. The accused, according to Kravchenko, is deceiving the court by changing his testimony regarding the incident.
The Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld the life sentence for a resident of Kyiv Oblast for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 2016. The prosecution defended the verdict, despite nine years of legal battles and numerous attempts to delay the process.
As a result of the attack on an industrial facility in Mukachevo, 15 people were injured, one of them in serious condition. The youngest victim is 22 years old, the oldest is 63.
Russia attacked Zakarpattia with cruise missiles, destroying warehouse premises in Mukachevo district. As a result of the strike, twelve people were injured, and a rescue operation is underway.
The prosecutor's office, together with the National Police and the SBU, notified 34 persons of suspicion. Among them are a lawyer, a former head of the Medical and Social Expert Commission (MSEC), and "clients" who evaded mobilization or illegally transported persons across the border.
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.