Ihor Koval, secretary of the Odesa City Council, assumed the duties of Odesa City Mayor on October 16, 2025. This happened after Hennadiy Trukhanov's Ukrainian citizenship was terminated.
NABU detectives, who were supposed to fight corruption, found themselves at the epicenter of corruption scandals and accusations of raiding. One striking example is the case against businessman Fedorychev, as an attempt to seize terminals in the port of "Pivdennyi."
The Pechersk District Court extended the pre-trial investigation in the case of NABU detective Ruslan Magamedrasulov and his father until January 21, 2026. They are suspected of aiding Russia by organizing illegal trade in industrial hemp.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy temporarily assigned the duties of the head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Administration to Vladyslav Haivanenko. This happened after Serhiy Lysak was dismissed from this position, who, according to media reports, will head the Odesa City Military Administration.
After the attack of Ukrainian drones on the sea oil terminal in Feodosia, a large-scale fire continues, six tanks are burning. The smoke plume from the fire stretched for 36 km and reached the Kerch Peninsula.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced plans to create a city military administration in Odesa. The head of the administration will be appointed in the near future to strengthen the city's protection and support.
The Citizenship Commission under the President of Ukraine has terminated the citizenship of Hennadiy Trukhanov. The decision is based on evidence from the SBU and approved by Presidential Decree.
Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov denies having Russian citizenship, stating that he was not physically present in Russia to obtain it. He is preparing lawsuits for Ukrainian courts and the ECHR, citing an SBU check in 2022 that found no Russian passports.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on stripping Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov of Ukrainian citizenship. Earlier, media and activists repeatedly published information about Trukhanov's possible dual citizenship, including Russian.
An electronic petition calling for Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov to be stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship has gathered over 25,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. Now, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must consider it.
The SBU counterintelligence and the National Police detained eight Russian agents who carried out sabotage in southern Ukraine. An attempted recruitment in Lviv was also exposed, where the enemy used two individuals "in the dark" for arson.
In occupied Feodosia, 11 fuel tanks were damaged as a result of the attack, 8 of which contained diesel fuel and two contained gasoline. About 830 people were evacuated from the dangerous zone, and traffic on the Vladislavovka - Feodosia road was blocked.
A 55-year-old resident of Kharkiv will face trial for organizing the illegal transfer of men across the border during martial law. He offered departure to the EU for 10 thousand dollars per person, providing discounts on group trips, and was detained while receiving 30 thousand dollars for transferring five people.
Two commanders of Russian Armed Forces units have been notified of suspicion due to the missile strike on Uman on April 28, 2023. The attack killed 24 civilians, including 6 children, and injured 9 others.
On the night of October 13, SBU and SSO of the Armed Forces of Ukraine drones attacked facilities in occupied Crimea. Five tanks of the oil terminal in Feodosia and the Kafa and Simferopol power substations were hit.
The SBU detained an AFU deserter who, on the orders of Russian special services, was preparing a terrorist attack in the center of Zaporizhzhia, planning to detonate an improvised explosive device in a crowded place. He faces life imprisonment for treason and other crimes.
As a result of the shelling of Kupyansk by Russian troops on October 12, a 59-year-old woman was killed and a 63-year-old man sustained multiple injuries. Police are investigating the attack as a war crime, documenting the consequences and collecting evidence.
On October 11, long-range SBU drones attacked the Bashneft-UNPZ oil refinery in Ufa. According to preliminary information, the fire occurred in the area of the ELOU-AVT-6 crude oil processing unit.
The High Anti-Corruption Court chose a pre-trial restraint for a lawyer suspected in a case of incitement to provide 3. 5 million dollars for closing a NABU case, in the form of detention. An alternative is to post bail in the amount of over 2 million hryvnias.
The High Anti-Corruption Court arrested a prosecutor of the Prosecutor General's Office, suspected of mediating a bribe to HACC judges. The bail amount is over 4 million hryvnias, although the SAP insisted on 8 million UAH.
A 42-year-old Kharkiv resident was sentenced to 5 years in prison for disseminating information about the operation of Ukrainian air defense. The man sent screenshots of Google Maps with markings on the location of defense forces to his interlocutor via Telegram.
23 Ukrainian children and teenagers have been returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine from the temporarily occupied territories. Some children were forced to attend Russian schools and obtain Russian passports.
The deputy head of the Bureau of Economic Security in Odesa region has been notified of suspicion of collaborating with the aggressor state. The BEB official, Oleh Skupinsky, is a co-founder of an enterprise that continues to operate in the temporarily occupied territory and pays taxes to the Russian budget.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill that exempts defenders, internally displaced persons, and those affected by aggression from paying administrative fees and state duties for registration actions. The benefits will be valid during martial law and for one month after its termination.
The management of a utility company of the Kharkiv City Council is suspected of fictitious employment of conscripts to obtain a deferment from conscription. The former director of the utility company, his deputy, and the head of the department facilitated the embezzlement of almost UAH 3 million; the former director has been declared wanted.
Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv will consider a motion to remove Vyshhorod Mayor Oleksii Momot on October 15. He is suspected of embezzling over UAH 6.6 million in budget funds.
A UOC (MP) clergyman was exposed for organizing the illegal transportation of conscription-age men abroad. He was detained while receiving 26,000 euros, and he and his accomplice were remanded in custody.
The SBU identified Andrey Sirotyuk, commander of the 121st Russian regiment, who on October 2, 2025, ordered the shooting of three civilians in Kupyansk. Russian soldiers, disguised in civilian clothes, infiltrated the outskirts of the city and shot two men and a woman who were trying to evacuate.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted draft law No. 12028, which grants the SBU the right to develop and submit draft regulatory acts for consideration by the President and the Cabinet of Ministers.
The Prosecutor General's Office provided clarification regarding NABU's searches of two prosecutors, one of whom is suspected of mediating the transfer of a bribe to HACC judges. The second prosecutor, who was handling the case of a NABU official, had no procedural status in the proceedings where the searches were conducted.
