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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested a National Guard officer in the Odesa region, accused of leaking combat information to Russian military intelligence.

Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have apprehended a resident of the Bilozerska community in the Kherson region, suspected of assisting in coordinating Russian strikes.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has neutralized more than 16,000 Russian cyberattacks and critical cyber incidents since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a 16-year-old schoolboy in the Kharkiv region, accused of being recruited by Russian forces to direct airstrikes in the Chuhuiv and Lozova districts.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has apprehended a Russian agent in the Donetsk region, accused of guiding Russian strikes on the town of Sloviansk.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered and dismantled a large-scale draft evasion scheme in Cherkasy, which was organized by local medical workers.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested an agent in the Kharkiv region, described as a 'mole' within Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, who was allegedly spying for both Russian and Belarusian intelligence services.

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has accused the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) of unjustifiably detaining one of its officers at a checkpoint near Sumy.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has released exclusive video footage from the prisoner exchange that took place on March 5.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Zaporizhzhia has detained a Russian intelligence agent who attempted to secure a job at a Ukrainian defense industry enterprise.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) counterintelligence unit detained two foreign agents who attempted to carry out an act of sabotage by setting fire to an energy facility in Chernivtsi on Russia's orders.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the approval of new operations by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and outlined priorities for August. This follows a 40-day period of operations aimed at 'pushing Russia towards peace,' though specific results were not clarified.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained an individual accused of assisting in directing Russian air strikes against the city of Zaporizhzhia.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained an agent of Russia’s military intelligence accused of guiding Russian air strikes on Kyiv and the Donetsk region.

Ukrainian law enforcement has detained a major from a regional unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on suspicion of passing classified information to Russia's FSB.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has highlighted its most notable special operations from the past year, including a well-known one codenamed "Spiderweb."

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has revealed that Russian secret services threatened the Hungarian community in Zakarpattia Oblast by using spoofed Ukrainian phone numbers and impersonating activists and law enforcement officers.

The Internal Security Department and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have uncovered a scheme for the mass production and sale of fake identification cards of Ukrainian security agencies.

Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a Russian agent in Kropyvnytskyi who, on orders from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), was registering Starlink satellite terminals under other people's identities.

Anti-drone netting covering tanks at an oil depot in Velikiye Luki, Russia. Satellite image ©2026 Vantor Ukraine carried out a long-range drone attack against a Russian oil depot on Wednesday night. A Ukrainian security source said anti-drone netting at the facility failed to stop the attack. Anti-drone netting has emerged as a common makeshift defense tactic on and off the battlefield. Ukrainian drones struck a Russian oil depot overnight, breaking through the netting that had been installed earlier to protect the site from such attacks, a security official told Business Insider on Thursday. Long-range Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Velikiye Luki, a city in western Russia's Pskov region, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said. They were only authorized to speak on the condition of anonymity to discuss military operations. The source said protective anti-drone nets had been stretched above fuel tanks at the oil depot. The facility belongs to the company Pskovnefteproduct and is located nearly 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the Ukrainian border. The nets were unable to prevent the strike from doing damage, the source added. Satellite imagery captured in December by US spatial intelligence firm Vantor and analyzed by Business Insider, shows what appears to be anti-drone netting covering roughly 15 tanks at the depot in Velikiye Luki. Anti-drone netting is seen in this December 14, 2025, image of storage tanks at Velikiye Luki. Satellite image ©2026 Vantor Anti-drone netting covering tanks at an oil depot in Velikiye Luki, Russia. Satellite image ©2026 Vantor Several explosions and a large fire were reported at the oil facility, the source said, citing local channels on the Telegram messaging app. Video footage shared on social media shows a massive blaze burning through a structure resembling anti-drone netting. This kind of netting has been spotted at other oil facilities in Russia in recent months. The tactic underscores how the country is turning to crude-looking, improvised defenses to protect energy infrastructure from ongoing Ukrainian attacks. "Vietnam, run!" - overnight, drones from the Special Operations Center "Alpha" of the Security Service of Ukraine successfully struck the Velikolukskaya oil depot. A large fire broke out at the site. Anti-drone nets had been stretched over the fuel storage tanks, but they did not… pic.twitter.com/bLBxuHNxtm — WarTranslated (@wartranslated) February 19, 2026 Concerns over the high drone saturation have led to similar measures on the battlefield. Anti-drone netting is common near the front lines. Ukrainian soldiers are using this material to cover critical logistics routes. And both militaries have added cage-like fencing to their armored vehicles to protect against drones. Additionally, Russia has also installed makeshift defenses, such as large, floating barriers, to protect its ports from the Ukrainian naval drones that have wreaked havoc on its Black Sea Fleet. The Ukrainian attack on Wednesday night marked Kyiv's latest deep-strike drone operation against the vast Russian energy sector, a major source of revenue that fuels Moscow's ongoing war efforts. "The SBU continues to work methodically on facilities that provide the Russian army with fuel," the security source said in a translated statement. "The destruction of oil depots directly affects the enemy's ability to conduct combat operations, advance and transfer reserves. Such operations are an element of the systematic weakening of the military potential of the Russian Federation," they added. Anti-drone netting has become increasingly common near the front lines in Ukraine. Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images Neither Russia's defense ministry nor its US embassy responded to a request for comment on the attack. Moscow said its air defenses shot down roughly 300 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours. Since last August, Ukraine has been intensifying its long-range drone attacks on Russia's energy sector, targeting oil refineries, terminals, tankers, and platforms at sea. Kyiv has described the deep-strike campaign as its way of imposing "long-range sanctions" on Moscow. Many of these attacks — at least four in the past week, including the most recent strike — have been carried out by the SBU's Alpha group, an elite unit considered to be among the best of Ukraine's special forces. Its personnel have also been involved in ground operations. Meanwhile, Russia has significantly stepped up its missile and drone strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure this winter compared to previous years of the war. Since October, Ukrainian energy facilities have been the main target of Russian barrages, Britain's defense ministry said on Thursday. Russia has launched more than 20,000 drones, and its aircraft have fired over 300 missiles, "in attempts to systematically destroy Ukraine's electrical grid and heat generation capacity," the ministry said in an intelligence update. Read the original article on Business Insider

In Kyiv, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained and notified the owner of a network of companies in the Kyiv region of suspicion of aiding the Russian Federation by supplying materials for anti-drone nets.

Over the past week, operatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) successfully struck five Russian oil refineries and several aircraft, along with other military and energy infrastructure targets.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has confirmed that it carried out a strike on the Ust-Labinsk oil depot located in Russia's Krasnodar Krai.

Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained an agent of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Dnipropetrovsk region, accused of directing attacks on Nikopol.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has released exclusive footage showing the return of Ukrainian defenders freed from Russian captivity as part of a prisoner exchange on Friday, April 24.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) successfully dismantled a Russian spy network that operated through religious communities and prevented planned attacks by Russian operatives.

Military counterintelligence officers and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, have exposed an agent of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

Drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck infrastructure at the Armavir oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region on the night of March 7-8.

Law enforcement officials have uncovered a bribery scheme involving the logistics commander of the Ukrainian Air Force and the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) department in the Zhytomyr region.