Security Service of Ukraine
A scheme of embezzlement has been exposed in Kyiv Oblast, where the head of the financial service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine misappropriated almost UAH 2 million during drone procurement. He concluded contracts at inflated prices with controlled individual entrepreneurs, creating artificial competition in tenders.
The Special Environmental Prosecutor's Office uncovered large-scale environmental and economic crimes in the forest sector of Zhytomyr region. The damage to the state amounted to almost UAH 23 million, and three suspects were served with suspicions.
Long-range SBU drones hit JSC "Radiozavod" in Penza, which produces automatic combat control systems for the Russian army. At least 11 explosions were recorded, causing a large-scale fire and damage to the production complex and warehouses.
President Zelenskyy heard the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Budanov, on Ukrainian operations. There were also reports from the head of the SBU, Malyuk, and the Commander-in-Chief, Syrskyi.
The SBU detained an Air Force pilot-instructor who was collecting data for Russian intelligence. He transmitted coordinates of aircraft and personal data of pilots for strikes on airfields.
The SBU has documented over 10,000 chemical attacks by the Russian Federation against Ukrainian defenders, using aerosol grenades with poisonous substances. International organizations confirm Russia's systematic use of chemical weapons.
The SBU detained an FSB agent in the Defense Forces in the Kharkiv region, who was adjusting enemy fire on the positions of his unit and collecting data for the occupiers' "breakthroughs". The detainee is in custody for treason and faces life imprisonment.
Mexican special services informed the SBU that some Mexican volunteers might have joined the International Legion to learn how to operate FPV drones and transfer this knowledge to criminal organizations. The SBU and HUR are investigating this information, which also concerns Colombians in the International Legion.
In Lviv region, a lawyer will be tried for organizing the illegal transfer of a conscript abroad for $16,000 and for threatening a judge with murder. He promised to produce fictitious documents about his mother's illness for the man to leave Ukraine.
The Belarusian government is accelerating the launch of productions related to drones, dual-use electronics, and targeting equipment. This is happening against the backdrop of Russia's full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine, as reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.
The head of the social work group of the Kropyvnytskyi RTCK and SP was detained while receiving 1000 US dollars for removing a serviceman from the wanted list. He faces up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The SBU and the Prosecutor General's Office prevented an FSB assassination attempt on Serhiy Filimonov, commander of the 108th separate battalion "Wolves of Da Vinci". The Russian special service recruited a resident of Dnipropetrovsk region, blackmailing him with a fabricated case of treason, and forced him to monitor the military and prepare for his elimination.
The SBU and National Police are conducting planned security measures in Kyiv's Desnyanskyi district. The goal is to check the anti-terrorist protection of places of mass gathering.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that increases the total number of SBU personnel by 10,000 people, allocating 10,000 to the Special Operations Center "A". The document also establishes the grounds and procedure for the SBU to use weapons and special means.
Prosecutors of the Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor's Office exposed an official of the Lviv regional branch of the State Enterprise "Center of the State Land Cadastre" for involvement in the illegal alienation of 5 land plots from communal ownership and an attempt to privatize 2 more plots in Chernivtsi. The total value of the illegally privatized land exceeds UAH 10 million.
The case of three employees of an enterprise who illegally extracted 8,000 tons of sand from the Desna River in the Kyiv region has been sent to court. Their actions caused environmental damage amounting to over UAH 6 million.
The investigation into the mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Olenivka continues, not all involved have been identified. Russia has not provided access to the crime scene to international organizations, and former heads of the colony have been notified of suspicion.
In Ukraine, 15 individuals were exposed who tried to establish illegal arms and ammunition sales. Explosives, grenade launchers, automatic rifles, and rifles were seized from the suspects, and arrests took place in Kyiv, Chernivtsi, Kherson region, Ivano-Frankivsk region, and Chernihiv.
A 24-year-old resident of Volyn was recruited through anonymous Telegram channels to cooperate with Belarusian special services. He transmitted data on the fortification and movement of Ukrainian troops, for which he faces life imprisonment.
Drones attacked the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation, leading to delays of dozens of flights at Pulkovo airport and a partial reduction in mobile internet service. Debris from downed drones fell in several districts of the region.
In Poltava, a group of civilians blocked the road for a vehicle transporting mobilized individuals to a training center, damaging the vehicle and causing some of the mobilized individuals to disappear. The Poltava Regional TCR reported submitting a request to the SBU regarding obstruction of the legitimate activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and to the SBI regarding the unauthorized abandonment of the unit by mobilized individuals.
Long-range SBU drones hit the "Signal" plant in Stavropol, which produces radio electronics for the Russian military-industrial complex. Workshops with expensive imported equipment and radio-electronic devices were hit.
An official from the Social Protection Department of Lviv region and her husband organized a fraudulent scheme, registering fictitious childcare services under the "Municipal Nanny" program. This led to losses for the state of over UAH 2 million, as the services were not provided, and funds were illegally paid from the state budget.
The suspects have been served with suspicion notices for illegal logging that caused environmental damage exceeding UAH 42 million. Over three years, they groundlessly issued felling permits, destroying over 9,500 trees.
Political scientist Taras Zahorodnii stated that Russia is trying to use protests to destabilize the situation in Ukraine and discredit it in Europe.
Law enforcement officers have detained 14 organizers of draft evasion schemes in various regions of Ukraine. Among them are officials, medics, military enlistment office employees, Telegram channel administrators, and a taxi driver, who face up to 10 years in prison with property confiscation.
Solomianskyi Court of Kyiv remanded in custody the former director of the Department of Social and Veteran Policy of the Kyiv City State Administration, suspected of embezzling 75 million hryvnias from the city program "Turbota. Nazustrich Kyivianam" (Care. Towards Kyivans). He was set a bail of 30 million hryvnias, and the pre-trial detention period was set until September 20, 2025.
Police and Security Service of Ukraine officers are conducting searches in the administrative buildings of the Lviv City Council on July 25. This was reported by journalist Taras Seredych.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the new bill on NABU and SAP provides for mandatory polygraph testing for employees who have relatives in Russia. This norm will apply to all law enforcement and anti-corruption bodies, including the National Police and the SBI, with a frequency of once every two years.
The Hlukhiv City-District Court sentenced a border guard to 5 years in prison for disseminating information about the location of military units and selling ammunition. He transmitted patrol routes, locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and safe border crossing points, and also sold 480 cartridges and three F-1 grenades.