During special operation, the SBU Main Department of Internal Security detained a foreign drug dealer in the city of Zaporizzhia on attempt to discredit an SBU operative.
In Luhansk region, the SBU exposed two caches with military ordnance.
At the SBU initiative, Ukraine bans flights of the Moldovan company JET4U S.R.L. and the Portuguese company JET4U LDA to Russia and temporarily occupied territories in violation of current law.
The SBU Head Ivan Bakanov called the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions against TV channels 112, NewsOne and ZIK a coherent action by the Ukrainian authorities to counteract Russian hybrid aggression against Ukraine. According to the SBU Head, the Verkhovna Rada and the Security Service of Ukraine were at the forefront of imposing the sanctions.
In city of Kharkiv, the SBU cyber specialists under supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office stopped activity of a powerful conversion center. The total turnover of the center was more than UAH 5 billion (USD 178 m.)
In Odesa region, the SBU exposed the organized group specializing in manufacturing and sale of wholesale consignments of psychotropic substances. The offenders used weapons to protect the drug trafficking.
The SBU jointly with the National Police documented UAH 32 m (USD 1.1 m) misappropriation in the Ukrhydroenergo PJSC. The offenders organized a scam on river bank protection for the needs of the Dniester Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant.
In January 2021, SBU CI exposed 15 IAF members. They were served suspicion notices in absentia. The perpetrators were involved in hostilities against ATO and JFO forces. Ten suspects are wanted.
The SBU uncovered the scheme of regular bribe taking in the State Enforcement Service units in Mykolaiv and Kyiv regions.
In Zakarpattia region, the SBU blocked a large-scale illegal scheme of selling low-quality counterfeit fuel.
The SBU investigators served the notice of suspicion to the owner of a large network of construction companies. The offender is a participant in a number of proceedings, and he is suspected of embezzlement in particularly large amount.