Overview
- The Security Service of Ukraine said a recruited local agent received 15 years in prison with property confiscation for state treason and illegal handling of explosives tied to planned terror attacks in northern Ukraine.
- Investigators reported the convict had retrieved a homemade explosive device and was to add a smartphone for remote detonation before SBU detained him while preparing the device.
- SBU announced the arrest in Odesa of a 56-year-old cashier at a state bank accused of transmitting personal data of military clients to Russia’s FSB, with a wartime treason charge carrying a potential life sentence.
- Ukraine’s Air Force reported intercepting 58 of 98 attack drones launched overnight from multiple directions, with confirmed strikes at ten locations and emergency power cuts after hits on heating and energy sites in Chernihiv region.
- SBU and National Police said they identified eight organizers of neocommunist cells across eight regions allegedly guided from Russia, issuing charges under articles covering overthrow advocacy and banned-symbol propaganda, while NABU separately reported SBU searches involving relatives of one of its detectives.