Fast kill but also long game: Russia is using AI-generated women and long conversations to lure Ukrainian soldiers to their deaths
The fake profiles are one of three versions of a honey-trap scheme that has killed six soldiers, the SBU says,
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“Everyone is absolutely livid”: Expert says Russian agent may have activated MESH relay within 5 km of attack on Security Service, enraging Ukraine and Europe
The drone was aimed directly at the acting SBU chief's office, Zelenskyy said.
Russian drone strikes SBU headquarters in central Kyiv. Zelenskyy says “geography” of Ukraine’s response is set
The midday strike injured 12 people and damaged the nearby Sofia Kyivska historic complex, as Russia continues its relentless drone campaign against the capital.
Gunman on a motorcycle shoots the Russian air force general Ukraine says ordered the strike on Kyiv’s children’s hospital
The officer was hit twice as he stepped outside in a settlement near Engels, and surgeons in Saratov worked through the morning to keep him alive.
Ukraine says it busted a Kyiv crypto ring that drained EU citizens’ wallets
The SBU says the alleged scheme’s monthly turnover from stolen funds could reach $1 million during its most lucrative periods.
Ukraine’s Security Service says it foiled FSB plot to assassinate Russian opposition leader in Kyiv – several wounded in street shootout
The clash followed the reported disappearance of a Russian Volunteer Corps commander and a Ukrainian investigation into an alleged Russian assassination attempt.
What does Ukraine’s new defense minister wear on his wrist? He did not mention it until reporter asked
Yevhenii Khmara's bracelet carries the names of fallen comrades, a US magazine reported.
Ukraine struck Tu-95 at base Russia launches its cruise missiles on Ukraine’s civilians. Satellite image shows third of right wing gone
SBU Alpha struck the strategic bomber at Engels-2.
Ukraine warns Russia could exploit upcoming Independence Day for attacks and sabotage
Ukraine’s security service urged vigilance ahead of 24 August, warning about potential attacks, sabotage, suspicious activity, and attempts to gather military information.
Germany charged a Ukrainian for the Nord Stream blasts—Kyiv is now investigating if Russia staged the attack to frame Ukrainians
Ukraine's top prosecutors confirmed they are testing a "false flag" theory even as a Ukrainian suspect heads to trial in Germany.
Russian agent who set fires in Kyiv receives 15-year prison sentence
He was one more disposable recruit in Russia's Telegram sabotage campaign — hired for two arson jobs, then left to face the court alone.
From “easy money” to murder: Russia escalates recruitment of Ukrainians for terrorist attacks inside Ukraine, police warn
Russian handlers are targeting people through Telegram job and drug channels, fake SBU calls, personal relationships, and even minors, gradually turning recruits into disposable operatives.
Russia starves most Ukrainian POWs, then “fattens” a few for exchange so they look normal, Ukrainian official says
Ukraine's intelligence confirms Russia is forming battalions from Ukrainian POWs and keeps cells where it feeds up prisoners.
A Ukrainian railway engineer spied on Lyman’s defenses for Russia using Google Maps
A former railway engineer tried to pass Ukrainian military locations to a handler to help Russia's strikes. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Third one down: Ukraine keeps destroying Russia’s $1.8 million Starlink jammers
Satellite imagery places the latest confirmed hit at an FSB border base in Gelendzhik on Russia’s Black Sea coast.
Six explosions, four fires: Ukraine hit one of Russia’s five largest refineries, 700 km from border
Ukraine's SBU and Defense Forces struck the Yaroslavl refinery, one of Russia's five largest, over 700 km from the border, and two FSB coast guard ships in occupied Kerch.
Over 100 strategic targets struck in Ukraine’s 40-day campaign against Russia’s war machine
Ukraine's Security Service says the operation combined deep strikes on air bases, oil facilities, air defenses, and shadow fleet vessels with battlefield attacks on more than 21,000 Russian military targets.
Russia uses old KGB trick to get rid of Ukrainian soldiers not on battlefield. It’s already tried more than 50 times this year
Russia is using "honey traps," fake dating profiles and staged dates, to lure Ukrainian soldiers to their deaths, the SBU says,
Kyiv police detain journalist investigating corruption over draft violation, which his newsroom says doesn’t exist
He was targeted the same way in 2024.
Caught before the strike—the student mapping Poltava’s grid for Russian missiles
Ukrainian counterintelligence says it exposed her in advance, seizing the devices she used to work for the enemy.