Security Service of Ukraine

Law enforcers eliminated four schemes of illegal sale of russian weapons and ammunition, including more than 60 kg of explosives, sniper weapons, machine guns and assault rifles to criminals in three regions of Ukraine.

A Russian agent who planned to blow up railroad tracks with an improvised explosive device was detained in Kharkiv region.

Two border guards were accused of selling information from closed state databases. They face up to 6 years in prison.

Drone strikes over the past two days have damaged facilities that account for 12% of Russia's oil refining capacity, with the largest refineries being hit.

The court extended the arrest of MP Nestor Shufrych, who is suspected of treason and financing russian troops, for another two months - until May 11.

A 54-year-old resident of the Kherson region voluntarily took the position of the so-called "starosta" in the illegally created "Burgun village council", contributing to the establishment of the occupation authorities and fulfilling their criminal orders.

Former Ukrainian world sumo champion Olha Davydko, who is currently hiding in occupied Crimea, is accused of aiding the russian aggressor state by financing its occupation groups and promoting propaganda narratives, for which she faces up to 12 years in prison.

A missile threat was announced in the Kursk region of Russia, and sirens sounded.

A deputy of the Kherson Regional Council was detained for cooperating with Russia during the occupation - preparing seized hospitals for military hospitals for wounded Russian soldiers and supplying medicines to the occupiers.

The Security Service of Ukraine attacked three large oil refineries in Russia overnight - in Ryazan, Kstovo, Kirishi.

Zelenskyy received reports on the actions of Ukrainian troops on the battlefield, intelligence efforts, and the capabilities of long-range drones against Russian targets.

In Kyiv, a criminal organization engaged in information sabotage in favor of the FSB was neutralized. More than 15 members, including the rector of the Kyiv church of the UOC (MP), were detained for spreading pro-Kremlin narratives, inciting religious hatred and justifying Russia's war against Ukraine.

The National Agency for Finding, Tracing and Management of Assets Derived from Corruption and Other Crimes receives almost USD 1 million of seized funds of the former head of the High Commission in Chernihiv region.

The Security Service blocked new schemes to evade mobilization and illegally travel abroad by men of military age, detaining three officials of medical institutions, a lawyer and others involved in the sale of forged documents and certificates. The cost of forgery was up to USD 16 thousand.

The mayor of Tulchyn faces up to 6 years in prison for land fraud worth $3 million related to the illegal lease of municipal land to a sugar plant.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained an agent of the Russian Federal Security Service, a current Ukrainian serviceman, who tried to fatally poison commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia region by adding a poisonous substance to the water supply.

Ukraine faces difficulties in procuring ammunition because the global arms market is monopolized and controlled by large players, forcing Ukraine to use intermediary countries.

Two young men aged 19 and 21 tried to steal a Mercedes-Benz GLE from a businessman in the parking lot of a shopping center in Kyiv, stabbing him with a knife, planning to earn money to travel abroad.

The SBU detained in Kharkiv region another Russian intelligence informant who had been cooperating with Russian military intelligence since March 2022, collecting intelligence on the movements of the Ukrainian military and adjusting Russian missile strikes on the city of Izyum.

An FSB agent, the wife of a former Party of Regions official, was detained in Vinnytsia region for spying for Russia and justifying its armed aggression against Ukraine.

Oksana Marchenko, the wife of former Ukrainian MP Viktor Medvedchuk, has become the owner of the russian film company Vervitsa Film.

The Working Group on Transparency and Accountability at the Odesa Regional State Administration canceled unnecessary tenders worth more than UAH 509 million, saving money to support the military.

An FSB agent who worked for a local security firm in Dnipropetrovs'k region was sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason.

Russian serviceman Dmitry Kurashov of the Storm-V unit was served a notice of suspicion for the murder of a Ukrainian prisoner of war.

Two fsb informants were detained in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, who were trying to obtain intelligence on Ukrainian air defense systems, HIMARS deployment locations, and weaknesses in the city's defense for potential russian attacks.

In Rivne region, law enforcement officers exposed a corruption scheme involving an employee of the military medical commission and a former district military commissar who received bribes worth almost UAH 5 million for declaring people unfit for military service.

In Volyn, employees of a driving school and some employees of the Main Service Center dressed paying customers in special clothes with hidden phones and vibration signals to help them illegally pass a driving test for $700, a scheme exposed by law enforcement.

The SBU neutralized a network of pro-Kremlin agitators operating in different regions of Ukraine, including the collaborator Tetyana Montyan. The defendants justified Russia's armed aggression, called for the seizure of Ukrainian territory and discredited the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A 33-year-old beauty blogger from Kyiv and a 61-year-old parking lot security guard were suspected of disseminating materials justifying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and denying it as an internal civil conflict.

The SBU spokesperson said that Russia's attempts to create its own maritime drones will not save it, but will only increase the number of legitimate targets for Ukraine in the Black Sea.