Since the beginning of the quarantine, the Security Service of Ukraine blocked over 2,100 online communities with total number of followers to 900,000, exposed 301 internet-agitprops, which spread fakes on pandemic COVID-19. Fourteen of the exposed are established to have acted on Russian side.
The Security Service of Ukraine in Zaporizzhya region uncovered large-scale production of law-quality ethanol, which was the raw material for hazardous for citizens’ health and life counterfeited alcohol sold in retail chains.
The SBU jointly with the State Bureau of Investigations blocked a large-scale extortion scheme by the officials of the international checkpoint “Bachivsk”. The operation was carried out under the legal supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office in Sumy region.
In Zhytomyr region, the SBU identified an agit-prop who propagandized forceful take-over of the state government and foment of inter-ethnic discord.
The Security Service of Ukraine suspects the head of the radio station of one of the military units, located in Khmelnytskyi region, of embezzlement of defense equipment.
The Security Service of Ukraine suspects former management of the State Tax Service of arranging the mechanism of illegal tax crediting on billions of grivnas.
On May 7, 2020, in Kyiv, representatives of the European Union Advisory Mission for the Civilian Security Sector handed over a batch of protective equipment to the Security Service of Ukraine.
Previously convicted resident of Rivne region arranged a cache with military munitions in an uninhabited house in the wood line of the Hoshchanskyi dictrict. Allegedly, the suspect attempted at arranging sale of the weapons via criminal contacts.
In Odesa region, the SBU blocked a large-scale smuggling of ethanol from unrecognized Transnistria.
The SBU cyber specialists and investigators under the legal supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office stopped the work of several security firms that provided information about critical infrastructure facilities to “DNR” terrorist organization.
A serviceman in Donetsk region, who was exposed by SBU officers on arms trafficking, was sentenced to 5 years and 3 months of imprisonment.
SBU materials helped to serve notice of suspicion of committing crime to a deputy of Lviv Regional Council, who also heads one of the Lviv City Council Departments.