# Investigation
The police have identified the command of a Russian brigade and an FSB officer implicated in the torture of civilians in the Kyiv region
Law enforcement officers have identified Russian military personnel and an FSB representative who organised the occupation and torture of civilians in the Vyshhorod district at the start of the full-scale invasion.
“It is time to draw conclusions,” the MP said, expressing his dissatisfaction with the work of the BEB under Tsivinsky’s leadership
Danylo Getmantsev, a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, has stated that he is dissatisfied with the work of the new team at the Economic Security Bureau. According to him, the time has come to draw conclusions, so MPs plan to hear from the Bureau’s leadership as early as next month.
The Department of Strategic Investigations has detained a Ukrzaliznytsia official on suspicion of accepting a bribe of $100,000
Law enforcement officers arrested the deputy head of one of the departments at JSC ‘Ukrzaliznytsia’ whilst he was receiving an unlawful benefit. According to the investigation, he demanded money in exchange for facilitating the removal of railway tracks.
“I used to bring the police chief between 50,000 and 100,000 dollars from Mogilevich, and Orban 300,000 dollars or more,” – László Kovács, former member of an organised crime group in Budapest
Laszlo Kovacs, a former member of a criminal gang, has claimed that cash was handed over by Semyon Mogilevich to Hungarian officials in the 1990s. He has also promised to give official evidence in court should there be a change of government.
Bill Gates is set to give evidence to the US Congress in the Jeffrey Epstein case
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is due to appear before a US congressional committee investigating the activities of Jeffrey Epstein in June. The hearing is scheduled for 10 June.
The National Police have uncovered a drug trafficking route from the EU to Ukraine
Law enforcement officers have dismantled a transnational drug trafficking ring through which cannabis extract was being smuggled from European Union countries into Ukraine. During the operation, drugs worth over 17 million hryvnias were seized.
The investigation into the Yulia Tymoshenko case has been concluded. The case will be referred to court
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have concluded their investigation into the case involving Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna party and Member of Parliament.
Despite record budget losses caused by the illegal cigarette market, the Economic Security Bureau has not initiated a single investigation into the smuggling of excise goods
Over the years of the war, the budget has lost over 90 billion hryvnias due to the proliferation of illicit tobacco products. However, the Economic Security Bureau’s track record in this area is disappointing: not a single criminal case has been brought for the smuggling of excise goods, and nearly 18% of the cigarette market remains in the black market.
The SSU, the FBI and EU partners have uncovered a large-scale espionage operation involving compromised Wi-Fi routers
The Security Service of Ukraine, in collaboration with international partners, carried out a cyber operation against Russian intelligence activities. As part of the operation, a spying scheme involving vulnerable internet-connected devices was uncovered.
The budget has lost out on over 90 billion hryvnias due to illicit tobacco
Over the years of full-scale war, Ukraine’s state budget has lost over 90 billion hryvnias due to the proliferation of illicit tobacco products. In 2024, following a reduction in the ‘tobacco shadow’ by the end of 2025, the situation deteriorated once again.
The SSU has charged the captain of a vessel belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet with transporting goods from Crimea
The captain of a foreign vessel was detained in Odessa in December 2025. The investigation established that grain and petroleum products had been transported from the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The State Bureau of Investigation has uncovered a scheme involving illegal combat payments in the Dnipropetrovsk region
Former officials of a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard have been notified that they are under investigation for making unauthorised payments to military personnel. According to the investigation, the losses amounted to almost 12 million hryvnias.
