Security Service of Ukraine
“White Business Club” or a threat to national security? The SBU should check companies with ties to Russia.
A group of 4 people who were preparing a terrorist attack near a police station were detained in Odesa region. The offenders planned to set fire to police cars and detonate an improvised explosive device disguised as a fire extinguisher.
Drones damaged the Andreapol oil pumping station and the 23rd missile arsenal in the Tver region of Russia. The attack resulted in a fire, oil spills and a series of explosions at military facilities.
The SBU blocked 500,000 tons of bauxite and alumina in the warehouses of the Mykolaiv plant owned by Russian oligarch Deripaska. The raw materials were intended for the production of Russian military products.
The Pechersk court postponed the hearing of the case on the detention of Sergei Tarasov due to the replacement of his lawyer. The businessman is suspected of illegally seizing 12,000 hectares of land allocated to ATO participants.
The first deputy director of the KCSA department forged medical documents to obtain a 2nd disability group. The official illegally received a “reservation” from the draft and 170 thousand hryvnias of social benefits.
A deputy of the city council in Kirovohrad region and his accomplices organized the supply of low-quality clothing for the army. The fraud with military uniforms caused the state losses of over UAH 21 million.
In Kharkiv, a couple was detained who were photographing locations of the military and SBU officers for Russian special services. The woman was also involved in drug distribution through “bookmarks”.
Law enforcers served suspicion notices to seven people who set fire to relay cabinets in different regions of Ukraine. The suspects agreed to offers on Telegram and were supposed to receive money for completing the tasks.
In Odesa region, a 24-year-old RTCC serviceman was detained for demanding bribes for issuing fake summonses. He asked for $1,000 and 2,000 hryvnias for a document that allowed him to move freely around the country for 6 days.
In Kharkiv, two Russian agents were convicted: a banker who collected coordinates for missile strikes and a woman who wrote texts for a Russian military commander. Both were sentenced to long prison terms with confiscation of property.
A 46-year-old FSB agent was detained in Dnipro, who was collecting data on military facilities through his live-in girlfriend. The man was hiding from mobilization and passing coordinates for missile strikes to the enemy.
In Vasylkiv, a 15-year-old pedestrian was hit by an SBU Central Office officer and hospitalized with serious injuries. The officer was taken into custody, and the SBU is assisting with the investigation.
The President thanked the developers of long-range drones and missiles for effective strikes on Russian territory. Reducing the enemy's ability to refine oil and lower energy prices bring peace closer.
New details have emerged in the case of Oleg Druz - he planned to buy a luxury villa in Turkey.
Brigadier General Yuriy Halushkin, the Kharkiv Brigade, appealed to the President to send him to the front. Today, the Pechersk court is choosing a preventive measure for him for the second time.
The National Police conducted over 1,000 searches across the country, seizing over 800 weapons and 57 kg of explosives. 67 suspects were detained, 45 of whom were procedurally arrested.
The SBI found that the 155th Brigade's list for training in France included 12 people detained for attempting to illegally cross the border. Currently, their extradition is not possible, as the military are already abroad.
The SBU exposed a criminal group of 4 people who produced fake documents to evade mobilization. The monthly profit of the group reached UAH 3 million, and the cost of one document was up to $5000.
The SBU and the Special Forces conducted a successful operation to destroy the Ryazan Oil Refinery, one of the largest in Russia. The attack damaged the tanks and the hydrotreatment shop, and also hit the Ryazan CHP plant.
The SBI detained a lawyer who helped avoid conscription and go abroad for a bribe. Military documents of three conscripts with the seals of the TCC were found in his car.
January 24 is the Day of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, founded in 2004. The history of Ukrainian intelligence dates back to 1919, when the first foreign intelligence unit was created under the Ukrainian People's Republic.
In Bukovyna, a criminal group headed by a deputy was exposed that smuggled men to Romania bypassing the border. According to the investigation, the cost of the service was from $4000 per person.
Law enforcement officers exposed a scheme of illegal sale of trophy weapons in different regions of Ukraine. The law enforcement seized grenade launchers, sniper rifles and other weapons that were planned to be sold to criminals.
The SBU collected evidence against 7 Russian military officers who ordered a super-heavy bomb to strike Sumy region in May 2022. The UPAB-1500B bomb destroyed an agricultural complex and damaged the buildings of two colleges.
The 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade exposed a scheme where soldiers were paid half their salaries for not showing up for service. The deputy brigade commander and the commander of the logistics group organized the scheme with more than 50 participants.
In Donetsk region, the occupiers captured and shot six Ukrainian soldiers. The Office of the Prosecutor General has launched a war crime investigation into the violation of the Geneva Convention.
Two Russian agents who planned to blow up a police unit with improvised explosive devices were detained in Zhytomyr. The offenders rented an apartment and installed two explosives, one of which was hidden in a toy.
The former commander of the OTU “Kharkiv” was detained at the exit from the pre-trial detention center after posting bail of UAH 5 million. The SBI uncovered new facts in the case of the border breach in Kharkiv region and command negligence.
The court imposed a pre-trial restraint on Dmytro Ryumshyn in the form of detention with the possibility of bail. The former commander of the 155th Brigade was detained because of the mass desertion of his subordinates during the exercises in France.