Security Service of Ukraine

According to the SBU, a collaborator in the occupied Crimea recruited local schoolchildren to the Russian military organization Unarmia, turning them against Ukraine and teaching them combat tactics.

A 32-year-old Russian soldier shot and killed a 53-year-old resident of the village of Mokrets, Kyiv region, for refusing to hand over his cell phone during the occupation. Materials are being prepared to put the suspect on the international wanted list.

SBU cyber specialists prevented a Russian intelligence agent from transmitting to Russia information on the routes and logistics of tank convoys of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the front line in Kharkiv region.

A Russian FSB informant who spied on the Ukrainian Armed Forces, observing their positions from his dacha near the front line, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for cooperating with the investigation.

Ex-Minister dmitry tabachnik received 15 years in prison in absentia. Another yanukovych-era official, dmytro vorona, received 12 years. Both were convicted of high treason, complicity with the aggressor state and violation of wartime laws, while their assets worth more than UAH 200 million were confiscated.

A student of Zaporizhzhia University was detained for collecting intelligence on Ukrainian military units and critical infrastructure for Russian curators, passing the information through her godmother.

Two traitors who fought against Ukrainian troops near Avdiivka were sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason, participation in a terrorist group and assistance to the Russian armed forces.

In the north of Ukraine, an FSB agent was detained who secretly photographed the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fortifications, checkpoints and anti-aircraft missile systems to provide intelligence information to the Russian occupiers.

Police exposed illegal amber diggers in Rivne region, seizing an all-terrain vehicle, motor pumps and raw amber stones.

Ukrainian law enforcement officers, in cooperation with Latvian authorities, dismantled an international scheme to extort money from investors in electronic exchanges, arresting three key organizers and seizing evidence.

A fraudster was detained who extorted $5,000 by promising to issue a fake certificate of an advisor to a battalion commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which would allegedly help him avoid mobilization.

Ukraine's Security Service detained an FSB agent who was trying to collect intelligence on Ukrainian air defense positions near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, to help Russian troops bypass Ukrainian air defense systems.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a father and son who are suspected of preparing missile strikes against Russia by leaking locations of Ukrainian troops and drone manufacturing plants, burying the remains of dead Russian soldiers in the forests near Kyiv and sending photo reports to the FSB.

The High Anti-Corruption Court has changed the measure of restraint for former Defense Ministry official Oleksandr Liev from custody to personal commitment, obliging him to appear before an investigator, prosecutor or court at every request.

The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Special Operations Forces and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, conducted successful drone strikes on the Slaviansk oil refinery in Russia, causing a large fire in the area of the atmospheric columns.

Today, on March 17, employees of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers are celebrating their professional holiday in Ukraine.

According to President Zelenskyy, Ukraine now has the ability to launch long-range strikes using its own drones, allowing it to target vulnerabilities in Russia's warfare system.

SBU strike drones attacked three more Rosneft refineries in the Samara region, effectively targeting about 10% of Russia's total refining capacity and undermining its economic potential to wage war in Ukraine.

The High Anti-Corruption Court has released former Defense Ministry official Oleksandr Liev from custody on his own recognizance due to the absence of a crime in his actions when signing a contract for the supply of ammunition.

The SBU blocked the supply of 1,600 servo motors for Shahed drones and 4,000 microchips for Russian cruise missiles, disrupting the production of these weapons.

Next week, the Ukrainian parliament plans to consider a draft law on multiple citizenship, but not a draft law on mobilization or a report from the head of the Security Service.

President Zelenskyy held a military meeting to identify the enemy's most vulnerable points to inflict maximum damage in order to bring a just end to Russian aggression.

Russian actor Vladimir Mashkov, a member of Putin's inner circle, has been served with a new suspicion for encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, war propaganda and calls for the destruction of Ukraine.

Another repatriation event took place, as a result of which 100 fallen Ukrainian defenders were returned to Ukraine.

A Russian military intelligence agent was detained in Zaporizhzhia, spying on the location and movement of Ukrainian warships near the port of Odesa.

Three drones hit an oil refinery in the Valuga region of Russia, damaging equipment and causing a fire.

Kyiv will not ask for permission to strike at Russian military-industrial facilities that supply the Russian army, and strikes on such facilities will continue, says Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.

A russian FSB agent who was monitoring the artillery positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Dnipropetrovs'k region was sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason committed under martial law.

In 2022, Ukraine signed about 180 contracts for the purchase of ammunition, which is almost twice as many as the 90 contracts signed in 2023, for a total of more than 640 contracts for the purchase of weapons and ammunition during 2022-2023, of which about 300 were completed as of March 6, 2024.

A Russian informant in Mykolaiv was monitoring Ukrainian Armed Forces convoys from his apartment, trying to establish their number and types of heavy weapons for Russian intelligence.