Security Service of Ukraine

The SBU conducts searches in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

Thanks to cooperation with the UAE and other friends of Ukraine, Ukraine has brought home another 100 defenders from Russian captivity, bringing the total number of returnees since the beginning of the war to 3135.

President Zelenskiy announces that a total of 3,135 Ukrainians have been released from Russian captivity, including 100 soldiers in the latest exchange, most of whom were defending Mariupol and Azovstal.

The SBU demonstrated footage of Ukrainian defenders returning home as part of the 51st prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, during which 100 Ukrainians were released, including 84 defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal.

The law enforcement officer and four of his accomplices will be tried for organizing an illegal scheme to smuggle conscripts across the Ukrainian border to Romania for a reward of 3500-6000 euros.

The Prosecutor General's Office has referred the case of an alleged embezzlement scheme in the purchase of ammunition from Lviv Arsenal by the Ministry of Defense to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau for further investigation.

People's Deputy Nestor Shufrych was served with a new suspicion of financing the Russian Guard in Crimea by paying them hundreds of thousands of Russian rubles per month for the protection of his unfinished health center in Crimea.

In Kyiv, Vinnytsia, and Zakarpattia regions, law enforcement officers discovered caches of Russian weapons and explosives, including grenade launchers intended for sabotage.

IMI recorded 23 cases of violations of freedom of speech in Ukraine in January 2024, of which 17 were committed by Ukraine and 6 by Russia.

During the first year under Vasyl Malyuk's leadership, the SBU conducted successful operations, including twice blowing up the Crimean Bridge, sinking 8 Russian ships, and eliminating war criminals such as Ilya Kiva and Vladlen Tatarsky.

The investigating judge concluded that the investigation had not provided any evidence of collusion between officials and the director of Lviv Arsenal to embezzle public funds under the defense contract.

The Rada voted to summon the head of the SBU to discuss wiretapping of journalists, but will not hear him in the near future until the conciliation board decides on a date.

SBU Head Vasyl Malyuk met with G7 ambassadors to discuss cooperation against Russia and steps for Ukraine's democratic development and freedom of speech.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained an informant of the Russian military intelligence who adjusted the enemy's fire, which killed 6 civilians, including children, during a missile strike on a residential area in Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region.

President Zelenskiy signs a decree establishing a new Unmanned Systems Force to develop drone capabilities and technologies in Ukraine, which Digital Transformation Minister Fedorov says will be crucial to modernizing the army and supporting Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia.

The SBU eliminated several traitors and war criminals on the occupied Ukrainian territories and in Russia, including Ilya Kiva and Vladlen Tatarsky.

Over the past week, the Drone Army's attack drones have killed about 150 Russian soldiers and about 400 strongholds.

Having passed the polygraph, Liev proved that he was not involved in the crime of which he was suspected - polygraph examiner.

The Security Service of Ukraine neutralized Russian sabotage groups in Khmelnytskyi region, timely counteracting a conditional enemy group that was collecting intelligence to carry out explosions at an energy facility.

The former acting director of the Department of Military-Technical Policy, Development of Armaments and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that he was pressured to provide the military with ammunition, but not with regard to specific contracts.

The head of the Security Service of Ukraine called the actions of the officers who attacked Bihus. Info journalists unacceptable and said that they had already led to personnel changes.

The Rada voted to summon the head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, to report on the SBU's surveillance of Bihus. info journalists.

The surveillance of Bihus. Info journalists continued while they were preparing a story about how the secret service wiretapped the editorial office.

The High Anti-Corruption Court has upheld the nationalization of Ukrainian oil and gas assets of Russian oligarch Eduard Khudaynatov worth half a billion hryvnias.

Minister of Justice Denys Maliuska commented on the need to strengthen control over the actions of Ukrainian special services after an investigation by Bihus. Info revealed that the SBU had been spying on journalists.

A former employee of the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office who betrayed his oath in 2014 faces imprisonment for a term of 15 years to life with confiscation of property.

The Security Service of Ukraine reported the neutralization of the FSB agent network, which included former employees of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and Foreign Intelligence, as well as a regional SBU employee.

Russia has introduced a state of emergency in four ports in the Leningrad region due to fears of potential drone attacks from Ukraine.

Roman Semenchenko, head of the SBU's Department for the Protection of National Statehood, was fired for spying on the editorial staff of the Bihus. Info news site.

BIHUS Info investigative journalists documented how SBU officers spied on their team in a suburban complex with surveillance equipment and later confronted some of these officers outside the SBU building; the SBU denied targeting the journalists and claimed that they were investigating drug dealers linked to BIHUS Info employees.