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Ukraine police foil plot to assassinate deputy health minister over patient death

Two suspects spent months surveilling and preparing to kill Ukraine's deputy health minister, renting an apartment in his complex before being arrested while attempting to purchase a weapon.

byOlena Mukhina

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Russian special services lure Ukrainian teens to set military cars on fire

In a disturbing trend, Russian special services are exploiting social media to recruit Ukrainian teenagers for subversive activities, promising them generous rewards for setting fire to military vehicles. The subversive act is punishable by up to 15 years in prison

byAlya Shandra

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9-year-old Ukrainian found dead in Germany, police investigate homicide

Valeriia and her mother moved to Germany in 2022 to escape the war in Ukraine, while her father remained in Ukraine serving on the front line according to his own words. The girl was missing for over a week since 3 June after she did not return home after school where she had not come at all that morning.

byVira Kravchuk

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City on brink: Vovchansk residents flee amid devastating shelling

Ukrainian officer reports widespread destruction and ongoing evacuation as Russian attacks escalate.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine advances weapons regulation bill: Amendments aim to formalize ownership of three million trophy guns

The proposed bill mandates firearm declaration, imposing penalties for illegal possession, while officials address concerns over short-barreled firearm use and collaborate with the EU to prevent weapon smuggling.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukrainian law enforcement arrests two soldiers suspected in attack on police in Vinnytsia Oblast

The incident occurred on 20 April when police officers stopped a vehicle with two men for inspection.

byOlena Mukhina

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Lithuania to allocate €400 thousand for the purchase of metal detectors for Ukrainian schools

The Lithuanian government is ready to provide €400,000 to support the Ukrainian Education Security Service's project to equip schools with metal detectors.

byBenjamin Looijen

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Daily review

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 672: Ukraine strikes back against Russia on land, sea, cyber fronts

Ukraine unleashed attacks on multiple fronts against the Russian invasion this week, blasting a ship in the Black Sea and breaching an enterprise management system, which resulted in million-dollar losses for Russia.

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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Europol: Key ransomware suspects arrested in Ukraine

Europol leads an international operation that successfully dismantles a Ukrainian ransomware group, causing substantial global financial losses.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian shelling injures four Ukrainian police officers in eastern Ukraine

Russian shelling injured four officers of Ukraine's National Police in frontline Siversk, Donetsk Oblast, the Interior Ministry says.

byYuri Zoria

"White Angels" unit delivers humanitarian aid to local residents of Donetsk Oblast in May 2023.

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Russian cluster munitions target police unit delivering aid to Avdiivka’s residents

"Despite everything, the 'White Angels' managed to deliver bread to the local residents," Ukraine's Interior Ministry said.

byIryna Voichuk

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Ukrainian police nab group trying to steal Banksy graffiti in Hostomel

Ukrainian police have detained a group of offenders who cut off graffiti by British artist Banksy from a…

byAlya Shandra

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Russian War Crimes

“This is ordinary genocide in the 21st century.” Ukrainian police chief on Russian war crimes

After the liberation of Izium from Russian occupation on 10 September in Ukraine’s offensive in northeastern Ukraine, a mass…

byZarina Zabrisky

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With fake blood and “On Crimea” banners: Ukraine detains group suspected of planning mass violent riots

The police first reported about the group on 30 January, but gave more details at a briefing on…

byYuri Zoria

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Ukraine

“Eternal” Minister of Interior Avakov leaves. Ukraine’s police problems stay.

On 15 July, a historic vote for the resignation of the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov took…

byOlena Makarenko

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International

Belarusian police detain and beat teenagers, injure 5-year-old

Unprecedented brutality against peaceful protesters opposing the falsified presidential election giving dictator Lukashenka an implausible victory are ongoing…

byOlena Makarenko