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<p> <a href="/rubric-crime/3977561-exdeputy-mayors-murder-prosecutors-reveal-case-details.html"><p>The suspect in the murder of the former deputy mayor of Kamianske, Oleksandr Plakhotnik, committed the crime over debt. He had long been tracking down the victim and fired at least 10 shots to kill him.</p> </a> </p> </dd> </dl> </div> <article data-id="3977024" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3977024-two-residents-of-donetsk-region-sentenced-for-spotting-russian-strikes.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_04/thumb_files/360_240_1743485442-103.jpg" alt="Two residents of Donetsk region sentenced for spotting Russian strikes"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-04-02T00:30:00+03:00">00:30</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3977024-two-residents-of-donetsk-region-sentenced-for-spotting-russian-strikes.html">Two residents of Donetsk region sentenced for spotting Russian strikes</a></h2> <p><p>Residents of Sviatohirsk and Mykolaivka territorial communities in Donetsk region were sentenced to five and 10 years in prison, respectively, for helping the Russians attack critical infrastructure facilities and passing the enemy sensitive data on Ukraine’s fortifications.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>01 April 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3977298" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3977298-political-strategist-from-putin-allys-pool-detained-in-poland-deported-to-ukraine.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2020_05/thumb_files/360_240_1590678028-352.jpg" alt="Political strategist from Putin ally’s pool detained in Poland, deported to Ukraine"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-04-01T18:10:00+03:00">18:10</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3977298-political-strategist-from-putin-allys-pool-detained-in-poland-deported-to-ukraine.html">Political strategist from Putin ally’s pool detained in Poland, deported to Ukraine</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service, together with the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, in cooperation with Polish law enforcement, detained in Poland a political strategist from the pool of Vladimir Putin’s former major ally in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3977022" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3977022-traitor-who-spotted-russian-strikes-on-kharkiv-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2017_02/thumb_files/360_240_1488208211-6797.jpg" alt="Traitor who spotted Russian strikes on Kharkiv sentenced to 15 years in prison"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-04-01T07:40:00+03:00">07:40</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3977022-traitor-who-spotted-russian-strikes-on-kharkiv-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison.html">Traitor who spotted Russian strikes on Kharkiv sentenced to 15 years in prison</a></h2> <p><p>Based on the evidence collected by the Security Service of Ukraine, the court sentenced a Russian asset who had operated in Kharkiv to 15 years in prison.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3976845" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3976845-national-police-investigators-solve-72-murders-committed-by-russians-in-bucha.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2022_04/thumb_files/360_240_1649192628-446.jpg" alt="National Police investigators solve 72 murders committed by Russians in Bucha"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-04-01T03:27:00+03:00">03:27</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3976845-national-police-investigators-solve-72-murders-committed-by-russians-in-bucha.html">National Police investigators solve 72 murders committed by Russians in Bucha</a></h2> <p><p>Since 2024, National Police investigators have solved 72 murders committed by Russian invaders in Bucha, Kyiv region, and identified a total of 2,500 Russian servicemen who were in the city.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3976669" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3976669-sbu-nabs-russian-spies-coordinating-strikes-on-kyiv.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1743406464-930.jpeg" alt="SBU nabs Russian spies coordinating strikes on Kyiv"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-04-01T00:30:00+03:00">00:30</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3976669-sbu-nabs-russian-spies-coordinating-strikes-on-kyiv.html">SBU nabs Russian spies coordinating strikes on Kyiv</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service of Ukraine has detained three Russian military intelligence assets whose main task was to coordinate Russian missile strikes on Kyiv, targeting defense plants and arms depots.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>31 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3976881" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3976881-moldova-expelling-three-russian-diplomats.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2020_06/thumb_files/360_240_1591893289-695.jpg" alt="Moldova expelling three Russian diplomats"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-31T19:14:00+03:00">19:14</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3976881-moldova-expelling-three-russian-diplomats.html">Moldova expelling three Russian diplomats</a></h2> <p><p>On March 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova declared three employees of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau personae non grata.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3976577" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3976577-police-show-how-russians-recruit-ukrainian-teens-for-terror-attacks.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_01/thumb_files/360_240_1737976171-133.png" alt="Police show how Russians recruit Ukrainian teens for terror attacks"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-31T05:23:00+03:00">05:23</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3976577-police-show-how-russians-recruit-ukrainian-teens-for-terror-attacks.html">Police show how Russians recruit Ukrainian teens for terror attacks</a></h2> <p><p>Police have shown how Russian intelligence operatives recruit Ukrainian youngsters to engage them in acts of terror and sabotage.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>28 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3975953" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3975953-law-enforcement-confirms-discovery-of-deputy-plakhotniks-body-in-dnipropetrovsk-region.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1743160556-806.jpg" alt="Law enforcement confirms discovery of deputy Plakhotnik's body in Dnipropetrovsk region"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-28T16:28:00+02:00">16:28</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3975953-law-enforcement-confirms-discovery-of-deputy-plakhotniks-body-in-dnipropetrovsk-region.html">Law enforcement confirms discovery of deputy Plakhotnik's body in Dnipropetrovsk region</a></h2> <p><p>The man found dead with a gunshot wound in the Dnipropetrovsk region has been identified as Oleksandr Plakhotnik, a former deputy mayor and member of the Batkivshchyna party.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>26 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3974914" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3974914-two-russian-agents-preparing-terrorist-attack-detained-in-zaporizhzhia.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1742893338-534.jpg" alt="Two Russian agents preparing terrorist attack detained in Zaporizhzhia "> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-26T11:36:00+02:00">11:36</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3974914-two-russian-agents-preparing-terrorist-attack-detained-in-zaporizhzhia.html">Two Russian agents preparing terrorist attack detained in Zaporizhzhia </a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a young man and woman, aged 18 and 19, who were preparing to detonate an improvised explosive device (IED) near a military facility in Zaporizhzhia on March 25 under orders from Russian handlers.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>24 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3974277" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3974277-russia-recruiting-kids-via-social-media-for-terror-attacks-sbu-warns-parents.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2020_05/thumb_files/360_240_1590678028-352.jpg" alt="Russia recruiting kids via social media for terror attacks, SBU warns parents"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-24T18:20:00+02:00">18:20</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3974277-russia-recruiting-kids-via-social-media-for-terror-attacks-sbu-warns-parents.html">Russia recruiting kids via social media for terror attacks, SBU warns parents</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service of Ukraine says Russian intelligence is on a targeted hunt for minors on social media to manipulate them into committing acts of terror.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>20 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3972998" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3972998-explosion-in-central-rivne-injures-two-people.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1742496354-585.jpg" alt="Explosion in central Rivne injures two people"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-20T20:36:00+02:00">20:36</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3972998-explosion-in-central-rivne-injures-two-people.html">Explosion in central Rivne injures two people</a></h2> <p><p>A homemade explosive device detonated in a car near a shopping mall in Rivne, injuring the driver and a passenger, both of whom were hospitalized.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3972636" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3972636-ukraine-charges-occupation-administration-official-for-russifying-ukrainian-schools.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1742450218-119.jpg" alt="Ukraine charges occupation administration official with “Russifying” Ukrainian schools"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-20T08:55:00+02:00">08:55</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3972636-ukraine-charges-occupation-administration-official-for-russifying-ukrainian-schools.html">Ukraine charges occupation administration official with “Russifying” Ukrainian schools</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service has exposed another enemy accomplice in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region, pressing criminal charges against the suspect.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>18 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3972009" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3972009-land-corruption-in-kyiv-bail-set-for-key-figures-in-nabu-special-operation.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2019_02/thumb_files/360_240_1551098926-716.jpg" alt="Land corruption in Kyiv: bail set for key figures in NABU special operation"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-18T17:20:00+02:00">17:20</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3972009-land-corruption-in-kyiv-bail-set-for-key-figures-in-nabu-special-operation.html">Land corruption in Kyiv: bail set for key figures in NABU special operation</a></h2> <p><p>Bail has been set for the suspects involved in the National Anti-Corruption Bureau's (NABU) investigation into the embezzlement of municipal land in Kyiv.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>17 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3971233" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3971233-court-arrests-suspect-in-murder-of-odesa-activist-hanul.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1742131981-517.jpg" alt="Court arrests suspect in murder of Odesa activist Hanul"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-17T02:27:00+02:00">02:27</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3971233-court-arrests-suspect-in-murder-of-odesa-activist-hanul.html">Court arrests suspect in murder of Odesa activist Hanul</a></h2> <p><p>The Kyiv District Court of Odesa has imposed a pre-trial restraint on Serhiy Shalaev, a suspect in the murder of activist Demian Hanul, in the form of detention without bail.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>14 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3970665" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3970665-suspect-in-murder-of-odesa-activist-hanul-detained-interior-minister.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1741962507-948.jpg" alt="Suspect in murder of Odesa activist Hanul detained – interior minister"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-14T17:58:00+02:00">17:58</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3970665-suspect-in-murder-of-odesa-activist-hanul-detained-interior-minister.html">Suspect in murder of Odesa activist Hanul detained – interior minister</a></h2> <p><p>Law enforcement officers have detained a man suspected of murdering activist Demian Hanul.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3970514" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3970514-ukrainian-activist-shot-dead-in-central-odesa.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1741944348-511.jpg" alt="Ukrainian activist shot dead in central Odesa"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-14T11:56:00+02:00">11:56</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3970514-ukrainian-activist-shot-dead-in-central-odesa.html">Ukrainian activist shot dead in central Odesa</a></h2> <p><p>On March 14, around 10:30, a man was shot dead in the center of Odesa.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3970088" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3970088-nabu-to-place-exkyiv-city-council-deputy-komarnytskyi-on-international-wanted-list.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1741857015-476.jpg" alt="NABU to place ex-Kyiv City Council deputy Komarnytskyi on international wanted list"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-14T00:27:00+02:00">00:27</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3970088-nabu-to-place-exkyiv-city-council-deputy-komarnytskyi-on-international-wanted-list.html">NABU to place ex-Kyiv City Council deputy Komarnytskyi on international wanted list</a></h2> <p><p>Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) will seek to place former Kyiv City Council deputy Denys Komarnytskyi, a key suspect in the "Clean City" case, on the international wanted list.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>13 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3970190" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3970190-land-corruption-klitschko-announces-dismissals-in-kyiv-city-administration.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2023_12/thumb_files/360_240_1701945032-408.jpg" alt="Land corruption: Klitschko announces dismissals in Kyiv City Administration"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-13T14:22:00+02:00">14:22</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3970190-land-corruption-klitschko-announces-dismissals-in-kyiv-city-administration.html">Land corruption: Klitschko announces dismissals in Kyiv City Administration</a></h2> <p><p>Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced the dismissal of several key officials in the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) due to recent corruption scandals related to land issues in the capital.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3970097" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3970097-russian-agent-arrested-in-mykolaiv-for-planning-double-terrorist-attack-in-residential-area.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2024_05/thumb_files/360_240_1716477674-493.jpeg" alt="Russian agent arrested in Mykolaiv for planning double terrorist attack in residential area"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-13T11:59:00+02:00">11:59</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3970097-russian-agent-arrested-in-mykolaiv-for-planning-double-terrorist-attack-in-residential-area.html">Russian agent arrested in Mykolaiv for planning double terrorist attack in residential area</a></h2> <p><p>A 33-year-old woman was arrested in Mykolaiv for planning a terrorist attack in a residential district of the city on instructions from Russia.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>12 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3969874" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3969874-terrorist-attack-near-railway-station-in-ivanofrankivsk-orchestrated-by-russia-ssu.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1741791428-529.jpg" alt="Terrorist attack near railway station in Ivano-Frankivsk orchestrated by Russia – SSU"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-12T17:20:00+02:00">17:20</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3969874-terrorist-attack-near-railway-station-in-ivanofrankivsk-orchestrated-by-russia-ssu.html">Terrorist attack near railway station in Ivano-Frankivsk orchestrated by Russia – SSU</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has established that in the evening of March 11, Russian intelligence services orchestrated a terrorist attack by detonating two of their own agents, who were transporting a homemade explosive device near the railway station in Ivano-Frankivsk.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3969290" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3969290-774000yearold-mammoth-tooth-plates-seized-en-route-from-ukraine-to-bulgaria.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1741684489-128.jpeg" alt="774,000-year-old mammoth tooth plates seized en route from Ukraine to Bulgaria"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-12T03:27:00+02:00">03:27</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3969290-774000yearold-mammoth-tooth-plates-seized-en-route-from-ukraine-to-bulgaria.html">774,000-year-old mammoth tooth plates seized en route from Ukraine to Bulgaria</a></h2> <p><p>Kyiv customs officers found 13 plates made of mammoth teeth, which are at least 774,000 years old, in an international mail shipment sent by a Lviv resident to Bulgaria</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3969117" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3969117-ukraine-presses-charges-against-two-russian-governors-for-financing-war.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1741673871-534.jpg" alt="Ukraine presses charges against two Russian governors for financing war"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-12T00:30:00+02:00">00:30</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3969117-ukraine-presses-charges-against-two-russian-governors-for-financing-war.html">Ukraine presses charges against two Russian governors for financing war</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service has targeted the governors of Russia’s Irkutsk Transbaikal regions with charges of financing the war effort against Ukraine</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>04 March 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3966627" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3966627-ssu-detains-two-spotters-directing-strikes-on-kramatorsk-sloviansk.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_03/thumb_files/360_240_1741075769-902.jpeg" alt="SSU detains two spotters directing strikes on Kramatorsk, Sloviansk"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-03-04T10:45:00+02:00">10:45</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3966627-ssu-detains-two-spotters-directing-strikes-on-kramatorsk-sloviansk.html">SSU detains two spotters directing strikes on Kramatorsk, Sloviansk</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained two enemy spotters who helped direct Russian strikes on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>28 February 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3965363" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3965363-sbu-exposes-russian-agents-coordinating-enemy-strikes-in-cherkasy-poltava-regions.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_02/thumb_files/360_240_1740735109-971.jpg" alt="SBU exposes Russian agents coordinating enemy strikes in Cherkasy, Poltava regions"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-02-28T11:31:00+02:00">11:31</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3965363-sbu-exposes-russian-agents-coordinating-enemy-strikes-in-cherkasy-poltava-regions.html">SBU exposes Russian agents coordinating enemy strikes in Cherkasy, Poltava regions</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two agents of the Russian special services who were collecting data on the locations of Ukraine’s defense forces in the Poltava and Cherkasy regions.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>26 February 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3964705" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3964705-arson-attacks-on-ukrzaliznytsia-three-russian-agents-detained-in-kyiv-dnipropetrovsk-regions.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2020_05/thumb_files/360_240_1590678028-352.jpg" alt="Arson attacks on Ukrzaliznytsia: three Russian agents detained in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk Regions"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-02-26T15:40:00+02:00">15:40</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3964705-arson-attacks-on-ukrzaliznytsia-three-russian-agents-detained-in-kyiv-dnipropetrovsk-regions.html">Arson attacks on Ukrzaliznytsia: three Russian agents detained in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk Regions</a></h2> <p><p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police have detained three more agents of the Russian special services who carried out ordered arson attacks on relay cabinets of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian railway) in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>21 February 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3962445" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3962445-exhead-of-state-company-suspected-of-laundering-nearly-uah-400m-from-ukroboronprom.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2020_12/thumb_files/360_240_1606806663-202.jpg" alt="Ex-head of state company suspected of laundering nearly UAH 400M from Ukroboronprom"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-02-21T04:30:00+02:00">04:30</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3962445-exhead-of-state-company-suspected-of-laundering-nearly-uah-400m-from-ukroboronprom.html">Ex-head of state company suspected of laundering nearly UAH 400M from Ukroboronprom</a></h2> <p><p>The former CEO of a state-owned arms trading company has been exposed for laundering over UAH 387 million belonging to enterprises within the Ukroboronprom defense conglomerate through France.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>20 February 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3961853" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3961853-court-in-mykolaiv-arrests-four-schoolchildren-suspected-of-terrorist-attack.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2025_02/thumb_files/360_240_1739959552-506.jpg" alt="Court in Mykolaiv arrests four schoolchildren suspected of terrorist attack"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-02-20T01:33:00+02:00">01:33</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3961853-court-in-mykolaiv-arrests-four-schoolchildren-suspected-of-terrorist-attack.html">Court in Mykolaiv arrests four schoolchildren suspected of terrorist attack</a></h2> <p><p>A court in Mykolaiv has ordered the detention, with no right to post bail, of four schoolchildren from a Poltava region settlement, suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack that resulted in four deaths.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div class="restDay"> <div></div> <p>11 February 2025</p> </div> <article data-id="3958615" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3958615-local-resident-in-khmelnytskyi-arrested-for-collaborating-with-russian-intelligence.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2015_12/thumb_files/360_240_1451231579-9547.jpg" alt="Local resident in Khmelnytskyi arrested for collaborating with Russian intelligence"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-02-11T07:21:00+02:00">07:21</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3958615-local-resident-in-khmelnytskyi-arrested-for-collaborating-with-russian-intelligence.html">Local resident in Khmelnytskyi arrested for collaborating with Russian intelligence</a></h2> <p><p>A 23-year-old local resident of Khmelnytskyi has been taken into custody without the right to bail after being accused of gathering intelligence on military locations for the enemy and committing sabotage.</p> </p> </section> </article> <article data-id="3958360" > <figure> <a href="/rubric-crime/3958360-two-judges-from-crimea-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-treason.html"> <img src="https://static.ukrinform.com/photos/2023_10/thumb_files/360_240_1696251883-589.jpg" alt="Two 'judges' from Crimea sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason"> </a> </figure> <section> <time datetime="2025-02-11T01:32:00+02:00">01:32</time> <h2><a href="/rubric-crime/3958360-two-judges-from-crimea-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-treason.html">Two 'judges' from Crimea sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason</a></h2> <p><p>Two former judges from the Sudak and Kerch city courts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea have been sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason.</p> </p> </section> </article> <div data-name="inscroll_content"> </div> <nav> <ul class="pagination"> <li class="page-item disabled" aria-disabled="true" aria-label="pagination.previous"> <span class="page-link" aria-hidden="true">&lsaquo;</span> </li> <li class="page-item active" aria-current="page"><span class="page-link">1</span></li> <li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" 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