All news on the topic: Ukraine

12 May 2025 868

“Coke in the compartment” turns out to be a tissue: Kremlin tries to derail unity train to Kyiv with fake drug claims

Bizarre internet rumours have been swirling about Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz taking cocaine on a train together.

Investigation

09 May 2025 805

Wallet One: how the Ukrainian payment system became a money pipeline to Russia

The name of Oleksandr Serdyuk, after several years of quiet, has resurfaced in the context of shadowy schemes involving the transfer of money from Ukraine through the payment system Wallet One, which, despite a criminal case nearly a decade ago, appears to still be in operation.

Investigation

08 May 2025 968

Armenian “gambling kings” Vahe and Vigen Badalyan shield Vbet from EU sanctions via Malta, Cyprus, and Curaçao

When Armenian entrepreneurs Vahé and Vigen Badalyan are asked about the reason for acquiring Maltese passports, they respond evasively, mentioning that it is convenient since it allows for visa-free world travel.

Investigation

07 May 2025 885

Fraudster Alyona Shevtsova, who laundered 5 billion through Ibox Bank, “cleans” her assets through family transfers

The controversial owner of the manipulative Ibox Bank, Alyona Shevtsova, quickly transferred luxury real estate to her mother, Liliya Potonya, just before personal sanctions were imposed by the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.

World

05 May 2025 989

Transcontinental cocaine trafficking ring leader from Honduras arrested in Kyiv

Authorities arrest an alleged Ukrainian ringleader behind a transcontinental cocaine trafficking scheme involving shipments from Honduras to Kyiv.

World

01 May 2025 716

The U.S. and Ukraine sign a minerals agreement: Washington "starts digging" to offset aid

The United States and Ukraine have entered into a minerals agreement following weeks of discussions.

29 Apr 2025 840

Dubai, Paris, and gold: The daughter of Dnipro crime boss Oleksandr Petrovskyi, Bohdana, spends hundreds of thousands during the war

As Ukrainians defend the economic and military fronts, a new star couple from Dnipro — Bohdana Petrovska and Nikita Pavelko — is developing their own "strategy to save the region" from secure locations around the world

World

24 Apr 2025 1041

Family escape: journalists found wanted Ukrainian MP Serhiy Shakhov with his family in an apartment costing $100,000 per year

Serhii Shakhov is wanted for failing to appear in court after allegedly concealing $2.1 million worth of assets.

World

24 Apr 2025 843

Russia attacks Kyiv: 9 killed, over 60 injured, including children

Russian invading forces attacked Kyiv and the region overnight on Thursday, April 24, using "Shahed" type strike UAVs, as well as "Kalibr" cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. In the Sviatoshynskyi district of the capital, a residential building was partially destroyed, with reports of nine dead and 63 injured, including children and a pregnant woman.

World

23 Apr 2025 683

Russian drone strike kills 9, injures over 40 in attack on civilian bus in Ukraine

Officials say nine people have been killed and more than 40 injured after a Russian drone struck a bus carrying workers in eastern Ukraine.

Investigation

20 Apr 2025 470

Ukrainian official Yuriy Golyk behind ‘Great Construction’ flees abroad amid NABU corruption case

Yuriy Golyk, the creator of the «Great Construction» program under the President of Ukraine, left the country as a volunteer with a «Path» pass, despite being mentioned in a NABU case and the discovery of significant budget embezzlement.

Investigation

20 Apr 2025 950

“Laundromat” in the EU: Granz is buying up Latvia under the guise of “patriotism” and with mafia money

Although Artur Granz is closely associated with Ukraine, where he conducts his primary business, his name has recently been increasingly linked to Latvia, where Granz is acquiring real estate on an industrial scale.

Politics

17 Apr 2025 919

Grant Shapps slams Trump’s ‘weasel language’ on deadly Russian missile strike

Grant Shapps also compares calling Sumy strike a ‘mistake’ to statements by IRA terror group when it killed civilians

World

16 Apr 2025 800

Journalism for sale: how the media “forget” the truth for Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova’s money

After the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) imposed sanctions on Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova — the scandal-ridden co-owner of iBox Bank and a suspect in a criminal case involving the laundering of billions of hryvnias through illegal online casinos...

World

15 Apr 2025 662

Zelenskyy imposes sanctions on ex-Yanukovych officials Arbuzov and Klyuyev, businessman Polishchuk, and banker Shevtsova

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has enacted the decision of the National Security and Defence Council to impose sanctions against Serhiy Arbuzov, Andriy Klyuyev, Viktor Polishchuk, and Alyona Shevtsova.

Investigation

15 Apr 2025 801

“Kyiv for the chosen”: How Artur Palatnyi built a shadow power vertical in the capital

A person without a position in the administration, without publicity, but with full control, journalists indicate.

World

14 Apr 2025 966

KGB report declassified: UFO that destroyed part of Soviet army in Ukraine

An alleged UFO attack on Soviet forces that turned troops to stone has been revealed in a declassified CIA file from the Cold War.

World

13 Apr 2025 638

Russia launches missile strike on central Ukrainian city of Sumy: many dead and injured

Russians struck Sumy on Palm Sunday: reports of dead and injured

Investigation

12 Apr 2025 998

Blackmail and corruption: How Yuriy Mochonyi terrorizes Kharkiv businesses by posing as an SBI officer

According to a number of publications, a certain Yuriy Mochonyi, a " SBI officer" from Kharkiv, "nightmares" local IT entrepreneurs, extorting money from them.

Investigation

12 Apr 2025 1071

Online casino with a criminal trail: How smuggler Artur Granz uses sports to legalize VBet

VBet, an online casino with dubious affiliations, is actively expanding its influence by sponsoring Ukrainian clubs while at the same time being investigated for tax evasion.

News

11 Apr 2025 855

UK announces £450m military aid to Ukraine as 50 nations meet in Brussels

The government has announced an additional £450m of military support for Kyiv, as the UK and Germany get ready to host a meeting of 50 nations in Brussels.

Tech

10 Apr 2025 876

Ukraine’s Lima EW system disrupts Russian bombs’ precision with UMPK kits

The Ukrainian-made Lima EW system is capable of jamming the satellite navigation systems of Russian bombs with UMPK kits.

Investigation

06 Apr 2025 913

Investing into nothing: how Ukrainian crypto scammer Bohdan Prylepa sold phantom projects through fake exchanges

Bohdan Prylepa, owner of cryptocurrency exchanges Coinsbit, Qmall, and several other platforms, has been placed on Ukraine’s wanted list on suspicion of large-scale fraud and embezzlement of over one billion hryvnias in client funds.

World

06 Apr 2025 715

Sex toys and explosive cosmetics: Anatomy of a ’hybrid war’ on the West

WARSAW, April 5 (Reuters) - Imitation cosmetics, massage pillows, and sex toys. Rough homemade explosives. A Russian known as Warrior. A code word: Mary.

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