Crime
A scheme involving the illegal re-registration of cars worth 6.5 million hryvnias has been uncovered in Kyiv
In the capital, law enforcement officers have uncovered a group that was illegally re-registering vehicles using forged documents. Employees of trading companies were involved in the scheme, and its participants made millions in profits.
A party branch leader has been arrested in the Kharkiv region over a timber trafficking scheme
Law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme involving illegal dealings in industrial timber. Among those arrested are the head of a local branch of a political party and officials from a state-owned enterprise.
Big figures, old cases and a new spin: the Economic Security Bureau has been boasting about its predecessors’ achievements
The Economic Security Bureau has published a report on its performance in 2025 for the media and civil society. Unlike the report published in accordance with legal requirements, this document does not contain many performance indicators. Instead, it highlights the appointment of a new director as the Bureau’s key achievement.
A museum in Italy has been robbed — paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth €9 million have been stolen
Near the Italian city of Parma, paintings by the famous artists Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse, worth €9 million, were stolen during a three-minute robbery.
A district council member in Zakarpattia is to stand trial for failing to declare assets worth over 8.3 million hryvnias.
A member of the Berehove District Council is accused of making false declarations and laundering money. According to the investigation, he failed to declare assets worth over 8.3 million hryvnias.
The SSU has detained a Ministry of Culture official for promoting Russian nationalism
The Security Service has detained the head of one of the departments at the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. She is suspected of spreading pro-Russian propaganda and justifying Russia’s aggression.
A drug-manufacturing operation has been dismantled in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and over 160 kg of amphetamine seized
Law enforcement officers arrested members of a criminal gang whilst they were manufacturing psychotropic substances. Large quantities of amphetamine and other drugs were seized.
The court has returned to the state the land containing the ‘Two-tiered settlement’ archaeological site in the Khmelnytskyi region
The Commercial Court of Khmelnytskyi Region has ruled that land containing an archaeological site in the Dunayevets community should be returned to state ownership. The plot in question had previously been transferred to municipal ownership in breach of the law.
The police are investigating Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on suspicion of treason
An investigation has been launched in Slovakia into Prime Minister Robert Fico. The allegations relate to treason and other criminal offences.
The police have uncovered hundreds of schemes to evade military service using fake medical certificates
Law enforcement officials have announced that they have uncovered nearly 500 cases of evasion of military service. Most of these involved forged or falsified medical documents.
A scheme involving the misappropriation of public funds at a university of culture has been uncovered in Kyiv
Law enforcement officials have announced that they have uncovered a scheme involving the misappropriation of public funds at one of the capital’s universities. According to preliminary figures, the sum involved runs into hundreds of millions of hryvnias.
A former aide to a Member of Parliament and a member of the regional council are to stand trial in Zakarpattia over the illegal seizure of woodland
In Zakarpattia Oblast, a case concerning the unlawful use of over 2.4 hectares of forest land has been referred to court. Those implicated include a former aide to a Member of Parliament and a current member of the regional council.
