Officers of the SBU Special Operations Center “A” jointly with the National Police released 13 hostages in Lutsk and detained an armed terrorist who hijacked a Krasnylivka-Berestechko bus in downtown.
Due to seizure of the Krasnylivka-Berestechko bus by a 44-year-old Ukrainian in Lutsk city, SBU investigators initiated criminal for terrorist attack. This was stated by the Head of the SBU Ivan Bakanov.
SBU continues to unveil the facts of involvement of Ukrainian citizens in confidential cooperation for the benefit of special services of Russia.
SBU exposed the mechanism of embezzlement by the head of the village council of budget funds allocated for road repairs in Zakarpattya region.
The Security Service of Ukraine expresses sincere condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased Colonel Roman Zakladnyi, who has dedicated 25 years of his life to serving Ukraine.
In Dnipro city, the SBU detained a leader and members of an organized criminal group that terrorized entrepreneurs and residents of several regions. Law enforcement officers documented extortion of huge amount of money from citizens.
During the special operation in Dnipropetrovsk region the Security Service of Ukraine detained the leader and four members of an organized criminal group, that threatened and tortured civilians. The powerful arsenal of weapons, including machine guns, mines and explosives was seized from the attackers.
Foreign intelligence services carry on to negatively affect the situation in Ukraine and, especially by using different criminal networks. On July 16 the SBU Head Ivan Bakanov pointed out this at the coordination meeting of heads of state law enforcement agencies, which was held in the Prosecutor General Office.
The Security Service of Ukraine is investigating the fact of usage of NVU-P “Hunting” non-contact explosive device by illegal armed actors. The device is produced in Russia and is banned by Ottava Treaty in 1997.
SBU Situation Center for Cyber Security launches an updated version of the national Malware Information Sharing Platform "Ukrainian Advantage" (MISP-UA) to effectively combat cyber threats and share risk data.
The Security Service of Ukraine exposed agitators in different regions of Ukraine who were disseminating information aimed at instigation of religious and international hatred and supporting separatism.
SBU CI officers exposed and detained an agent of Russia’s FSB, who was collecting defense intelligence.