Since the start of this year, the Counterterrorism Centre at the SSU has carried out over 900 counterterrorist and counter-sabotage measures.

In the course of these activities, almost 1 million people have been checked in different regions of Ukraine.

578 criminal proceedings on crimes against Ukraine’s national security have been initiated as a result of these efforts.

In Kirovohrad region:

The SSU detained a railway employee who, on the FSB’s instructions, tried to install a GPS tracker at a local energy facility.

According to the investigation, the occupiers planned to use the electronic ‘beacon’ to prepare a targeted air strike on the oblast’s energy system.

SSU investigators served the individual a notice of suspicion under Article 111.2 of the CCU (high treason committed under martial law). The suspect is facing life imprisonment.

In the course of counter-sabotage activities at nuclear power plants in Mykolaiv, Rivne and Khmelnytskyi regions, the SSU exposed 13 employees who were in active contact with russian intelligence services.

The SSU identified another 6 officials of Ukrainian NPPs who passed information to the aggressor on the specifics of nuclear power plants’ operation.

In Lviv region:

At a critical infrastructure enterprise, the SSU exposed a group of ‘activists’ of pro-kremlin NGOs, including the Congress of russian communities of Western Ukraine.

In Vinnytsia region:

The investigation is ongoing against a woman, a law enforcement officer, who was in contact with a russian lieutenant general, head of the FSB’s counterintelligence operations department.

In Volyn region:

At a defence facility, the SSU identified 8 local residents who maintained contacts with officials of the military-industrial complexes of belarus and russia.

In Poltava region:

a cache of munitions was uncovered in a warehouse at a local farm. The items stored at the site included 3 russian-made cluster bombs.

The SSU also seized from the cache:

• 8 anti-tank aircraft bombs;
• 1 air-to-ground projectile;
• almost 7,000 TNT blocks with fuses;
• 318 anti-tank mines.

Comprehensive measures are underway to establish all the circumstances of the crimes and bring perpetrators to justice.