Security Service of Ukraine
The SBU detained two Russian agents who were adjusting enemy fire on the southeastern frontline regions of Ukraine. Among those detained are the head of security of one of the leading universities in Dnipro and the head of the water supply section in Huliaipole.
The Korneuburg Regional Court in Austria will consider the issue of extraditing Andriy Naumov, the former head of the Main Department of Internal Security of the SBU, to Ukraine. The SBI and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine are actively cooperating with Austrian law enforcement agencies on this matter.
The SBU has completed its investigation and sent an indictment to court against Kyrylo Molchanov, a "political expert" from Viktor Medvedchuk's media pool. He faces life imprisonment for treason, collaboration with the aggressor, and justifying Russia's armed aggression.
The SBU and NABU exposed a conversion center with a turnover of UAH 15 billion, to which the previous leadership of the State Tax Service was involved. 11 participants of the scheme received suspicion, and the head of the center was detained while trying to leave Ukraine.
The SBU, SBI, and National Police prevented the illegal sale of "trophy" weapons and ammunition, detaining nine dealers. Among the seized items were Russian grenade launchers, Kalashnikov assault rifles, and large-caliber ammunition.
In Donetsk region, the head of the regional environmental inspection and the chief accountant will be prosecuted for embezzling over UAH 1. 6 million. They accrued salaries to an employee who had left for the Russian Federation, and he returned a portion of the funds to them.
Ukraine has returned 1,000 bodies of fallen defenders, which is one of the largest exchanges since the beginning of the full-scale war. After the bodies are returned, they will be identified and necessary examinations will be conducted.
A deputy of the Poltava City Council has been served with a notice of suspicion for undeclared crypto assets totaling over 200 million hryvnias. He did not include them in his reports for 2022–2024, and updated data for 2025 also proved to be unreliable.
Ukraine has returned 1,000 bodies, which, according to the Russian Federation, belong to Ukrainian servicemen. Law enforcement agencies will conduct examinations and identification of the repatriated bodies.
The former president of Motor Sich will remain in custody until December 20 of this year. The bail amount is almost 910 million hryvnias.
Yusuf Mameshev, a witness in the case of NABU detective Ruslan Magamedrasulov, is being prepared for suspicion of giving knowingly false testimony. The prosecution claims that Mameshev provides unreliable information regarding the discussion of technical hemp supply to Dagestan.
The Prosecutor General's Office has sent indictments against 12 senators of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation to court. They are accused of complicity in waging an aggressive war and encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have notified two servicemen and a civilian accomplice of suspicion for stealing 24 tons of diesel fuel from a military unit in the Kharkiv region. They sold the fuel for 35 hryvnias per liter, causing almost 1 million hryvnias in damages.
MP Andriy Odarchenko, convicted of bribery, is trying to retain control over the State Biotechnological University by promoting his people to leadership positions.
The Security Service of Ukraine presented new Sea Baby unmanned naval platforms, which successfully passed tests in the Black Sea. These drones were involved in the third attack on the Crimean Bridge on June 3, 2025, delivering explosives to the bridge's supports.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Law No. 4648-IX on increasing state budget expenditures for national security and defense by UAH 324.7 billion. The funds will be directed to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, weapons procurement, the National Guard, the State Special Communications Service, and other law enforcement agencies.
SBU special forces destroyed two light aircraft of the occupiers in the temporarily occupied territories. These aircraft were used to shoot down Ukrainian long-range drones.
Yevhen Hrytskov, a supporter of the “Kharkiv Spring” and a person with a questionable reputation, could become the new rector of the State Biotechnological University. After the scandalous fugitive bribe-taker Andriy Odarchenko, who was sentenced to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property, the university risks getting another figure in office with shadows in his biography and finances.
The SBU detained a Russian agent in Kyiv who was adjusting air attacks on Kyiv and Poltava regions. He was searching for the coordinates of aviation bases, radar stations, and anti-aircraft missile systems of the Defense Forces.
On October 21, the Verkhovna Rada will begin considering amendments to the draft law on the State Budget-2026, and on October 22, it is expected to adopt it as a basis. General fund revenues are projected at UAH 2.8 trillion, with a priority on defense and security.
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office will appeal the HACC's decision to reduce Bohdan Lvov's bail. The former head of the Commercial Cassation Court is a suspect in the case of seizing "Medvedchuk's pipeline."
Four members of the underground neo-communist group "Organizing Committee of the Ukrainian SSR" have been notified of suspicion. They are accused of disseminating communist symbols and promoting a totalitarian regime.
NABU stated that SBU officers searched the relatives of one of the detectives who investigated cases of abuse in the energy sector and at "Ukrzaliznytsia".
Today, around 06:00, a BMW X3 car exploded in the courtyard of a multi-story building. It was preliminarily established that an explosive device had been placed under the driver's seat; no one was injured.
The SBU detained an employee of a state bank in Odesa who was transferring personal data of servicemen to the FSB. The occupiers planned to use this data for terrorist attacks and recruitment.
The former judge must appear in court or before investigators when required, surrender documents for traveling abroad, and wear an electronic bracelet.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard reports from the military and the SBU on the situation at the front, including the Pokrovsk direction and Kupyansk. He announced an increase in the range and accuracy of Ukrainian strikes against Russia.
SBU counterintelligence thwarted a terrorist attack attempt in Dnipro, detaining a 38-year-old drug addict from Kharkiv who planted explosives under a National Police official's car. Russian special services tried to remotely activate the explosives, but the SBU prevented the detonation.
The SBU exposed two pro-Russian propagandists at the Rivne NPP who denied Russian aggression and spread Kremlin propaganda. One of them is a Kyiv resident, chief engineer of a private company seconded to the NPP, and the other is a Kyiv resident of retirement age, a former energy executive.
Kyiv's Pechersk District Court extended the detention of NABU detective Ruslan Magamedrasulov and his father until December 15. The pre-trial investigation in this case was also extended until January 21 next year.