Security Service of Ukraine
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.
The court sentenced a 22-year-old resident of Zakarpattia for sabotage and attempted intentional damage to property. He set fire to Ukrzaliznytsia and courier delivery facilities, receiving 8 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The SBU detained an agent of Russian special services who was preparing coordinates for a missile strike on Myrhorod's defense and critical infrastructure. The perpetrator searched for energy facilities and locations of the Defense Forces, transmitting data to his handler via Telegram.
President Zelenskyy stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine thwarted the Russian summer offensive campaign, destroying over 12,000 occupiers. Counter-offensive actions in the Pokrovsk and Dobropillia directions brought significant results.
President Zelenskyy approved plans for the Security Service of Ukraine regarding asymmetric responses to Russia's war. SBU head Maliuk reported on successes, including the elimination of 3028 occupiers in a month by the SSO "A" unit.
People's Deputy Mariana Bezuhla was not allowed to attend the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, where the head of the SBU, Vasyl Maliuk, was present. She announced that she would contact law enforcement regarding this incident, as she and three other committee members were not allowed into the office.
The SBU detained four FSB agents who, on the enemy's orders, set fire to railway infrastructure facilities. Among those detained are three teenagers and a 36-year-old foreigner who carried out sabotage tasks.
The Supreme Court has upheld the 12-year sentence for Russian singer Oleksiy Piddubny for encroaching on Ukraine's territorial integrity, collaboration, and war propaganda. He was found guilty of calling for the violation of territorial integrity and spreading pro-Russian propaganda.
In Ternopil region, law enforcement officers are conducting searches on the territory of Pochaiv Lavra in a fraud case. Investigators are seizing documents related to the possible illegal privatization of an ancient church, a monument of national architectural significance.
People's Deputy Fedir Khrystenko, against whom the SBU is investigating a criminal case, will testify about corruption and raiding in NABU. He will also provide testimony in the case regarding the involvement of SAPO head Oleksandr Klymenko in one of the cases.
The High Anti-Corruption Court satisfied a lawsuit against a Russian senator who supplied spare parts to the Russian army through a Ukrainian enterprise. Assets worth UAH 95 million, belonging to a non-resident company controlled by the senator, were nationalized and transferred to the Ukrainian enterprise Motorpal-Konotop LLC.
SBU head Vasyl Malyuk reported to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the service's successes. The SBU effectively uses long-range drone missiles and destroys Russian air defense systems, and the CSO "A" unit eliminated 3028 occupiers in a month.
The mayor of Vyshhorod and the director of a contracting organization have been notified of suspicion of embezzling over UAH 6. 6 million in budget funds. It was established that the officials purchased equipment at an inflated price and paid for unperformed dredging works.
A woman recruited by the FSB received a life sentence with confiscation of property for adjusting combined strikes by Russian troops on the Donetsk region. According to her coordinates, in the autumn of 2023, Russian troops carried out an artillery strike on the residential sector of occupied Kurakhivka.
The SBU exposed and detained a truck driver who, under the guise of international transportation, worked for the FSB. He passed on to the enemy the coordinates of defense and critical infrastructure facilities for missile strikes.
Kyiv law enforcement officers exposed an entrepreneur who, for 4,500 US dollars, helped foreigners illegally legalize their stay in Ukraine. He faces up to nine years in prison with confiscation of property.
The SBU and National Police have eliminated six schemes for evading mobilization in various regions of Ukraine. 14 organizers have been detained, including a former Cabinet official and the leadership of higher education institutions, who sold "services" for $1,500 to $13,000.
The Security Service of Ukraine sentenced a Russian agent to 15 years in prison for attempting to install a GPS tracker on a vehicle accompanying Ukrainian Armed Forces convoys in Kirovohrad Oblast. The perpetrator, recruited through Telegram channels, involved a minor in carrying out the task, and also monitored checkpoints and TCC buildings.
The inspector of the "Mykolaiv SIZO" was served with a notice of suspicion for working for the Russians and agitating to mercilessly kill Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. He also called on the Russian Federation to shell the isolation ward to free collaborators.
The fight against corruption in Ukraine will be more effective after the elimination of NABU's monopoly, which has effectively removed the state from this process, believes Anatoliy Burmich, a member of the Verkhovna Rada's Anti-Corruption Committee. In his opinion, an external independent audit is also necessary.
The pre-trial investigation in the case of suspicion of MP Fedir Khrystenko of high treason and working for the Russian special services is ongoing.
A patrol police inspector in Cherkasy region is suspected of receiving 11,000 US dollars for assisting in obtaining a disability group for a deferment from mobilization. He was detained while receiving half of the amount; illegal acquisition and sale of ammunition were also documented.
A group of fraudsters has been detained in Zaporizhzhia who, posing as military personnel, sold humanitarian aid, earning over UAH 8 million. The organizer turned out to be a 29-year-old contract soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who had voluntarily left his military unit.
The SBU counterintelligence detained a 16-year-old Kharkiv resident who was looking for perpetrators of terrorist attacks in Ukraine from the EU, most of whom were teenagers. He handed them over to Russian special services, who instructed the recruited individuals to carry out explosions.
The SBU detained an agent of Russian military intelligence in Donetsk region who was transmitting coordinates for Russian air attacks. The 53-year-old saleswoman from Sloviansk collected information about medical facilities and fortified areas by "interrogating" her acquaintances.