Ukraine’s SBU officials implicated in alleged bribery scheme, anti-corruption agencies say
A “criminal group” has systematically bribed high-ranking Ukrainian law enforcement officials, the country’s anti-corruption agency Nabu reports.
WorldA “criminal group” has systematically bribed high-ranking Ukrainian law enforcement officials, the country’s anti-corruption agency Nabu reports.
WorldUS negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are in Moscow to try to revive talks to end the war in Ukraine. They will meet with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday evening. Russia has continued deadly attacks ahead of the visit - but Putin has promised a three-day halt to the strikes. Putin has ordered no attacks on Kyiv for three days, starting at midnight, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the state news agency Tass.
WorldThe headquarters of the Ukrainian security service SBU in Kyiv has been hit by a Russian drone attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. In previous attacks on Friday, several people were killed in both Ukraine and Russia.
ConflictsUkraine has used robots and drones against factories and energy facilities in several places in Russia. Ukraine calls the attack the war's "most massive". Russia claims that Ukraine used weapons from the USA and the UK.
ConflictsUkraine is said to have captured two North Korean soldiers who are fighting for Russia in the Russian border region of Kursk, announces Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj on X. They are now being interrogated by the Ukrainian security service.
ConflictsUkrainian police and security service SBU are conducting hundreds of raids across the country. The purpose is to prevent men of military age from leaving Ukraine to avoid military service.
ConflictsOne person has been arrested after the bombing that killed the Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and one of his colleagues in Moscow on Tuesday, according to Russian authorities. Kirillov was the highest commander of the Russian military's defense against, among other things, chemical attacks and long-range weapons.
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