SBU officers detected cache with military destruction means and explosive substances in the territory of a military training ground located in Oleshkivskyi district of Kherson region.
Since the start of 2021, the SSU has seized 476 weapons, almost 183,000 rounds of ammunition, 384 kg of explosives and 417 explosive devices. Overall, 18 cases of weapons smuggling and 10 arms caches have been exposed.
The operation of the SSU Counterintelligence has led to conviction of a member of the so-called ‘DNR’ IAF. The court sentenced him to 11 years and 10 months in prison. The criminal attempted to carry out an act of sabotage at an energy facility in the JFO area.
The SSU has foiled an attempt of russian intelligence services to carry out a bloody terrorist attack in Odesa region. Due to proactive efforts, the SSU detained an agent who was preparing a simultaneous explosion at the administrative building of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a car parked nearby.
The SSU’s cyber units have prevented a large-scale sabotage operation by russia in Odesa oblast.
Thanks to SBU records, the Bohun District Court of Zhytomyr sentenced two local residents to 14 years of imprisonment in absentia.
In Dnipro, the SBU Internal Security Department detained a man who used a forged official ID of the Major of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained members of an organized group who set up a mechanism for unlawful legalization of foreigners on the territory of Ukraine for their further transfer to the EU countries.
The SBU blocked channels for smuggling tobacco products from Russia and separatist-held territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO). The law enforcement confiscated wholesale batches of tobacco and tobacco products worth almost UAH 4 m (USD 143,000).
The Security Service of Ukraine blocked illicit production and sale of law-quality counterfeited disinfectant to healthcare establishments.
SBU officers detected and stopped the illegal activities for the processing, storage and sale of firearms and destruction means in Mykolaiv.
In Dnipro, the SSU and the National Police have detained a group of individuals preparing arson attacks on vehicles of servicemen of Territorial Centers for Recruitment and Social Support, which maintain military records and mobilize the population.