Security Service of Ukraine
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.
SBU drones hit the Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in Orsk, located 1400 km from the border. The plant produces about 30 types of petroleum products, and its capacity is 6.6 million tons of oil per year.
In Chernihiv region, the head of a TCC department was exposed for removing men of conscription age from the register. She unauthorizedly changed information in the accounting system, which allowed them to avoid service and cross the border.
The SBU counterintelligence prevented the penetration of the Russian Federation into a defense plant in Mykolaiv by detaining an agent. She involved her cohabitant in collecting information about the enterprise's dispersal locations.
The SBU and the National Police prevented attempts to illegally sell weapons and ammunition in four regions of Ukraine. Grenade launchers, Kalashnikov assault rifles, and improvised explosive devices were seized.
The Security Service of Ukraine released an exclusive video of the prisoner exchange that took place on October 2. 185 servicemen and 20 civilians returned home, most of whom had been in captivity since 2022.
Political technologist Oleh Posternak believes that imperfect legislation and lack of effective control lead to violations by NABU detectives. He emphasizes the need for changes in legislation and the implementation of effective control to minimize abuses.
The introduction of the Turkish model "one pharmacy - one pharmacist" could lead to mass closures of pharmacies, a drop in investment, and the emergence of 'white spots' in access to medicines. Chaos in the healthcare system during the war will play into Russia's hands.
SBU counterintelligence detained a couple of Russian special services agents who were preparing a terrorist attack in Odesa. They were supposed to blow up Ukrainian military personnel after receiving coordinates of a hideout with explosives.
Ukrainian special services prevented a series of terrorist attacks in Lviv, where the enemy tried to lure Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen to the explosion site using fake female accounts. The SBU neutralized improvised explosive devices and secured Ukrainian defenders.
The SBU detained two residents of Donetsk region who collaborated with Russian military intelligence, providing coordinates for attacks on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. They face life imprisonment for treason and disseminating information about the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Prosecutors of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office заочно notified ten occupiers of suspicion for cruel treatment of the civilian population. The occupiers tortured Ukrainians with electric current, red-hot metal, and held them in inhumane conditions.