The Security Service and National Police have shut down new attempts to illegally sell ‘trophy’ weapons in several regions of Ukraine. Seven traffickers of combat weapons have been detained in four regions.
Based on the evidence collected by the Security Service of Ukraine and the State Bureau of Investigations, an agent of russia’s federal security service, detained in Zaporizhzhia in October 2023, has been convicted to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
In Lviv, the SSU Counterintelligence has detained an enemy informant who was collecting data on the locations of the Defence Forces for missile strikes.
Based on evidence collected by the Security Service, an agent of russia’s federal security service, detained in October 2021 in Vinnytsia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. He attempted to infiltrate the SSU’s agent network in order to spy within Ukraine’s security service.
The Security Service and the National Police have neutralised a criminal group that established a transnational channel for smuggling hard drugs from Latin America to Ukraine. The monthly turnover amounted to almost half a million US dollars.
The Security Service and the National Police have thwarted new attempts by russia’s federal security service to carry out a series of terrorist attacks in northern Ukraine.
The Security Service of Ukraine has collected evidence against another two russian citizens who tortured captured soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In 2025, the long-range strikes carried out by the SSU’s Special Operations Centre Alfa reduced the number of russian Pantsir surface-to-air missile and gun systems by half.
Based on evidence collected by the Security Service, two agents of russia’s federal security service, detained at the end of October 2025 for directing russian air strikes at Dnipro, have been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
In Odesa, the SSU Counterintelligence has detained another agent of russia’s federal security service. The perpetrator directed russian missile and drone strikes at the city’s energy infrastructure.
The Security Service of Ukraine has noted an increase in the efforts of russian intelligence services to recruit Ukrainians. The enemy has increased the number of so-called false flag operations: ruscists pose as Ukrainian law enforcement officers and, under various pretexts, force citizens to prepare arson attacks, terrorist attacks, and sabotage.
The SSU Main Directorate for Internal Security has detained two enemy agents within 24 hours after they carried out a terrorist attack on one Kyiv’s central streets on February 11 this year.