Crime
An illegal amber processing workshop has been uncovered in the Rivne region, and over 80 kg of amber has been seized
Law enforcement officers have dismantled an illegal amber trade in the Rivne region and seized a large consignment of amber. The value of the seized amber is estimated at approximately 2 million hryvnias.
An official from the Territorial Recruitment Centre has been arrested in the Vinnytsia region on suspicion of bribery
Officers from the State Bureau of Investigations have arrested an official from the Khmilnytskyi District Recruitment and Social Support Centre. According to the investigation, he was helping to remove men from the wanted list in exchange for money.
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has upheld the life sentences in the case of the murder of the Cherevan family
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has upheld the life sentences handed down to three men accused of the brutal murder of a Kyiv couple and their four-year-old son in the Chernihiv region. According to the investigation, the family were lured to a fake car sale, shot dead, their bodies buried in a wooded area, and the car towed away and set alight.
Police have broken up a drug ring operating across seven regions: drugs worth 700 million hryvnias have been seized
Law enforcement officers in the Ternopil region have announced the dismantling of a group believed to be organised which, according to the investigation, had established a complete cycle of manufacturing and distributing drugs and psychotropic substances across Ukraine. As part of the special operation, 54 searches were carried out, 12 suspects were served with notices of suspicion, and ten have already been arrested.
Law enforcement officers have uncovered a fraud scheme at Ukrgazvydobuvannya involving losses of over 295 million hryvnias
The Security Service of Ukraine, the Economic Security Bureau and the Office of the Prosecutor General have uncovered an illegal scheme in the natural gas extraction sector. According to the investigation, the state has suffered losses amounting to over 295 million hryvnias.
The SBU has announced that it has foiled an attempt by the Russian Federation to register Starlink in the Zhytomyr region
The SBU’s counter-intelligence unit has stated that it foiled an attempt by Russian intelligence services to register Starlink satellite terminals on Ukrainian territory. The agency says this was aided by the “Burn the FSB Agent” information campaign and a call to the hotline from a resident of the Zhytomyr region.
DSI police officers have uncovered a scheme involving the illegal extraction of minerals worth over 100 million hryvnias
Law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme involving the illegal extraction of minerals of national importance. According to the investigation, under the guise of geological research, the company organised full-scale commercial extraction and sale of these resources.
In 2025, nearly 1,300 complaints were lodged against prosecutors, and 39 people were dismissed
During 2025, the Prosecutors’ Qualification and Disciplinary Commission received 1,296 complaints regarding possible disciplinary offences. Following the outcome of the investigations, some prosecutors were held accountable; in particular, 39 individuals were dismissed.
From 9,000 UAH to 12,000 USD: law enforcement officers have uncovered four schemes involving the illegal smuggling of goods across the border
Five people have been arrested in Zakarpattia on suspicion of organising the illegal smuggling of people across the state border. The cost of such ‘services’ was as high as 12,000 dollars.
The SSU has detained an FSB agent who was passing on information about the movements of Ukrzaliznytsia trains
A man has been caught in Volyn gathering information on the movements of freight trains to facilitate air strikes. He was detained by officers from the SBU’s military counter-intelligence unit.
Dozens of plots of land, a Bentley and over 8.5 million hryvnias from a father wanted by the police – MP Oleg Tarasov has submitted his declaration
MP Oleg Tarasov, who has not attended a session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for over a year, has submitted a declaration of his assets. His assets include plots of land in various regions, luxury watches, 40 flats in Irpin and over 8.5 million hryvnias received as a gift. The MP received these from his father, who has been wanted by law enforcement for almost a year for land fraud in the Kirovohrad region.
The SSU has uncovered a scheme to evade mobilisation involving medical staff in Cherkasy
In Cherkasy, law enforcement officers have uncovered a group of medical staff who had set up a scheme to evade conscription. In exchange for money, they issued fake treatment records and documents certifying unfitness for service.
