Overview
- Security services reported this week that counterintelligence teams detained suspected Russian agents across Lviv, Rivne and Odesa after seizing phones, concealed cameras and a virtual crypto wallet used to pass targeting data.
- The SBU said Wednesday that investigators uncovered a plot to bomb the car of a Kyiv defense company head, neutralized the explosive device and saw the suspect arrested in Poland while fleeing to Russia.
- Authorities say spotters used cheap tradecraft—hidden smartphones with remote access, photographed perimeters, Google Maps coordinates and graffiti-linked chatbot links—to give near‑real‑time guidance for missiles, drones and guided bombs.
- A court on Wednesday sentenced three agents to 15 years each for directing missile, bomb and drone strikes in Donetsk, and prosecutors have filed treason and terrorism charges in multiple active cases.
- Ukrainian officials warn recruitment continues via pro‑Kremlin Telegram channels that promise ‘easy’ money and urge vigilance by military units, transport operators and local communities to report suspicious devices or contacts.