News Feed

Interior Ministry: 2,200 cases of collaboration with Russia under investigation

0 min read

Some 2,200 criminal cases of collaboration with Russian forces are under investigation in Ukraine, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin said on television on Dec. 31.

The official also reported that since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 108 sabotage and reconnaissance groups had been exposed,  and over 1,880 people allegedly involved in sabotage had been detained.

The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said that it had exposed around 700 pro-Kremlin collaborators as of Nov. 10, 53 of whom had already been sentenced.

Avatar
The Kyiv Independent news desk

We are the news team of the Kyiv Independent. We are here to make sure our readers get quick, essential updates about the events in Ukraine. Feel free to contact us via email with feedback and news alerts.

Read more
News Feed
 (Updated:  )

The Washington-based lender called Ukraine's performance "broadly satisfactory" in a press release announcing its approval, but emphasized that several conditions of the program were either completed with a delay or missed entirely.

Russia occupied and illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. In recent months, Ukrainian forces have increasingly targeted power substations, bridges, ferry crossings, air defenses, military logistics routes, and Russian vessels in the Black and Azov seas as part of a broader campaign to isolate Crimea.

Show More