# Investigation
The National Police are conducting searches at U420 chain stores in several Ukrainian cities (updated)
Law enforcement officers carried out inspections and investigative measures at U420 chain stores in Kyiv, Lviv and other cities. According to media reports, the searches are linked to suspicions of the sale of psychotropic substances.
Components from the US and Europe were found in the Russian drone ‘Prince Oleg the Prophet’
Foreign components, including those from the US, Switzerland, the Netherlands and other countries, were found in the Russian drone “Prince Oleg the Prophet”. The captured drone was dismantled by a team from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, which published details of it on the War&Sanctions portal.
The SBU has identified those responsible for the torture of residents of Yagidne. A Russian general has been charged
The Security Service of Ukraine has formally charged, in absentia, Russian General Denis Baril with organising the torture of residents of Yagidne in the Chernihiv region in 2022.
The ESBU has uncovered a scheme involving the illegal production of vapes; assets worth 30 million hryvnias have been seized
Law enforcement agencies have carried out a large-scale operation against the illegal market for e-cigarette liquids. Goods worth around 30 million hryvnias have been seized.
The cyber police warn: do not post your documents online
How fraudsters collect personal data and create fake documents
Melania Trump unexpectedly denied any links to Epstein and called on Congress to launch an investigation
US First Lady Melania Trump has unexpectedly issued a statement denying any connection she may have had with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The State Bureau of Investigation has notified a soldier that he is under suspicion following a fatal road accident in Odessa
In Odessa, a soldier has been charged in connection with a road traffic accident that resulted in one fatality and injuries to passengers on a minibus. He has been remanded in custody.
A foreign hitman has been arrested in Odessa on suspicion of attempting to assassinate an officer of the Ukrainian Navy
In Odessa, law enforcement officers have detained a foreign national suspected of attempting to murder a senior officer of the Ukrainian Navy. According to the investigation, he was acting on instructions from the Russian secret services.
A third of the staff at the Russian Embassy in Hungary may have links to the secret services
Individuals with possible links to the secret services have been identified among the staff of the Russian diplomatic mission in Hungary. This concerns some of the staff at the embassy in Budapest.
Law enforcement agencies have handed over spare parts for armoured vehicles worth 20 million hryvnias to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine and the State Bureau of Investigations have delivered a consignment of spare parts for the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ armoured vehicles to the front line. The equipment is worth 20 million hryvnias.
The SSU has exposed Andriy Derkach, a fugitive MP, for embezzling 595 million hryvnias’ worth of protected land in Kyiv
The Security Service has reported that a scheme involving the illegal appropriation of land within the nature reserve fund in the capital has been uncovered. Former MP Andriy Derkach is implicated in the scheme.
In the US, the suspect in the murder of Ukrainian woman Iryna Zarutska has been declared unfit to stand trial
A psychiatric assessment has found that Decarlos Brown, an American accused of murdering Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in August 2025, is mentally unfit to stand trial. His lawyer is asking the court to postpone a key hearing for six months, whilst his client remains in custody.
