Ukrainian intelligence officers detain pro-Russian spies at the demarcation line in Donbas
Ukrainian intelligence officers detained two men that were collecting intelligence on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Joint Forces Operation's area on the demarcation line, reported Ukraine’s military Task Force Pivnich (North) on Facebook.
"The mobile intelligence group that monitored one of the areas of the contact line found and detained two unknown persons in the area of responsibility of Pivnich task force. After verifying the detainees' personal identities it turned out that they had …
An assistant of the Moldovan oligarch Platon was detained in Kyiv
In Kyiv, police detained a citizen of Moldova named Alexander Balike who is known to have close ties to the Moldovan oligarch Veaceslav Platon, noi.md news outlet reports. Balike was detained for extradition to Moldova where he is being investigated for committing several serious crimes.
The detainee is also a suspect in offences committed in the territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian lawyer Alexei Shevchuk, who is leading a case against Platon stated on his Facebook page that the law enforcement …
Famous Ukrainian musician Vakarchuk calls on Ukrainians to change the current system of power
Ukrainian rock musician and leader of the Okean Elzy band Svyatoslav Vakarchuk urged Ukrainians to demolish the current system of power. In his opinion, representatives of the people should replace current officials, Radio Liberty reports."You have to become hunters for dishonesty, hunters for irresponsibility, hunters for corruption, and hunters for an archaic desire to hold on to everything that is bad. You have to become hunters and you must feel the fear of this victim, which you hunt. …
Ukrainian Security Service uncovers company delivering alloy used in missile production to Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced that it has uncovered a company in the Kirovohrad province which has been exporting a chemical substance used in the production of military equipment to Russia.
The private company had carried out a number of export operations to sell bars of the semiconductor monocrystalline gallium arsenide alloy to a Russian company which acted as an intermediary.
According to the SBU’s report, the chemical substance was then redirected to one of Russia’s …
Internal documents reveal that the Russia recognizes Sentsov as a citizen of Ukraine
The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia indicates that political prisoner Oleg Sentsov is a citizen of Ukraine, Sentsov's lawyer, Dmitry Dinze wrote on Facebook.
The Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yamalo-Nenets District of the Ministry of Justice issued a certificate to the consulate of Ukraine in Yekaterinburg that confirms that Oleg Sentsov is a citizen of Ukraine.
"The convicted Sentsov O.G is a citizen of Ukraine. He arrived in prison on October 9, 2017. In his …