A 60-year-old artist from Sumy was sentenced to 10 years in prison for molesting seven-year-old girls under the guise of painting lessons. As Prosecutor General Kravchenko noted, punishment for sexual crimes against children must be as severe as possible, because 10 years is not justice, it is only its beginning.
The SBU counterintelligence detained a foreigner who was adjusting missile and drone strikes on Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi regions. He photographed energy-generating and heat-supply enterprises, as well as checkpoints of the Defense Forces.
Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Lviv extended Viacheslav Zinchenko's pre-trial detention until January 12, 2026. He faces life imprisonment for murder motivated by national intolerance.
A citizen of Ukraine, who fought against Ukraine after the annexation of Crimea and launched drones at Kherson, was detained at the Shehyni – Medyka checkpoint. He tried to flee to the EU under the guise of a refugee, possessing a Russian passport and being on an international wanted list.
The head of a military unit's cafeteria in Kyiv Oblast organized a scheme to embezzle food intended for servicemen, causing damages of over UAH 3 million. She involved the cafeteria instructor and a unit driver in the scheme, who face up to 15 years in prison.
The SBU detained a 20-year-old resident of Khmelnytskyi region who used hidden mini-cameras to spy on Ukrainian combat aircraft. He faces life imprisonment for treason.
The Supreme Court upheld the life sentence of a National Guard serviceman for shooting his comrades-in-arms in Dnipro on January 27, 2022. As a result of the incident, four servicemen and an employee of the enterprise were killed, and five more were injured.
Russian officials have admitted that Kremlin propaganda in films does not have the desired effect of motivating young people.
Russia has adopted amendments to the Criminal Code, tightening responsibility for sabotage and lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years. Involving minors in sabotage will be punishable by life imprisonment.
Sofia Osoba, the daughter of the murdered Iryna Farion, reported threats from supporters of the suspect in her mother's murder, calling on law enforcement to react immediately. She also expressed dissatisfaction with the delay in the court process in her mother's murder case.
The prosecutor's office in Turkey is demanding 2,000 years in prison for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. He is accused of corrupt activities.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a security meeting in Kherson. Unmanned Systems Forces and other units will increase the city's defense capabilities, which is constantly under threat from Russian drones.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Kherson, publishing a photo near the stele at the entrance. This happened on the third anniversary of the city's liberation.
Kim Kardashian failed the bar exam in California, even though four psychics assured her of success. The businesswoman expressed her disappointment, calling the psychics "pathological liars."
In the three years since Kherson's liberation, prosecutors have recorded 36,827 crimes against peace and humanity. 41 people have been convicted, three have received life sentences; 1990 Ukrainians have died, including 44 children.
The SBU counterintelligence detained an agent of Russian military intelligence who was preparing to blow up a main gas pipeline in eastern Ukraine. The perpetrator was supposed to plant an improvised explosive device near a nodal section of gas lines that provide heat supply to Kharkiv and Poltava regions.
The Polish prosecutor's office is investigating attempts by the Belarusian KGB to recruit at least 10 employees of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NZA) in Poland. 15 recruitment attempts have been recorded, offering money and threatening relatives, punishable by 5 to 30 years in prison.
The Zakarpattia Court of Appeal upheld the verdict against three individuals convicted of sexual violence against a minor. Each received 6 years in prison.
Prosecutors have sent to court a case against the former director of a state institute who allowed over 240 tons of fish to be caught "for scientific research. " This caused over 2.3 million hryvnias in damages to the state.
In Kyiv, fraudsters, including law enforcement officers, were exposed for attempting to illegally resell the apartment of a deceased person for $45,000. They face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The SBU detained an FSB agent who tried to plant an F-1 grenade in a Kharkiv park. The perpetrator, recruited through his wife, also planned to make an improvised explosive device for an explosion in the city center.
The ex-wife of real estate magnate Michael Fuchs is asking a British court to imprison him for violating a divorce court order. The businessman is in debt for over $250 million and is in a difficult financial situation.
In the Kharkiv region, a former boxer and fitness trainer was sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his wife in 2019. The man beat and strangled the woman, and then threw her body into the entrance, trying to shift the blame to an acquaintance.
SBU counterintelligence detained a Russian agent who tried to blow up a railway route of the Defense Forces in Kharkiv region. The detained 54-year-old mechanic, recruited through anti-Ukrainian comments, received instructions and 8 kg of plastic explosives via a drone.
In Zakarpattia, a man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his 10-year-old stepdaughter, whom he stabbed over 75 times. The girl's mother will also face trial for leaving the child in danger.
Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has announced her retirement from Congress in 2026. She is concluding over four decades of political career, which began in 1987.
A Russian assault soldier who shot a captured Ukrainian serviceman in the Zaporizhzhia direction has been convicted in Ukraine. The occupier received a life sentence for killing an unarmed serviceman.
The SBI is investigating the case of a law enforcement officer who appropriated over 16 million hryvnias of seized funds. The amount was mostly in dollars, said SBI spokeswoman Tetiana Sapian.
Convicted Nicholas Tartaglione claims his former cellmate Jeffrey Epstein had an offer from prosecutors to be released if he agreed to expose Donald Trump. Epstein allegedly told Tartaglione about this in July 2019 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.
Around 50 cars, walls, and mailboxes in Hanau, Germany, were smeared with a substance resembling human blood, with drawings reminiscent of swastikas. Police are investigating the incident, which the Vice President of the Bundestag compared to the events of 2020.
