They were allegedly preparing to help Russian troops in the event of a second invasion of the region, according to the State Security Service, which found an arsenal of Russian special forces' weapons in their houses.
The negotiation process to end Russia's war against Ukraine has become increasingly chaotic, with White House officials unable to travel due to U.S. strikes on Iran and Russian representatives unwilling to visit the U.S. for talks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"Ukraine truly wants to see a free Iran that will not cooperate with Russia or destabilize the Middle East, Europe, and the world," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"They thought the occupation would hide their faces, but they were wrong," Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said.
However, the hit squad was exposed when one of its employees was arrested in Colombia in February, according to the Insider.
"The very heavy use of Tomahawk against Iran will have put significant pressure on the U.S. Navy stockpile," making potential deliveries to Ukraine "more unlikely than before," said Justin Bronk, a defense expert at RUSI.
Drone warfare has become one of the defining technologies of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent's Kollen Post and Nick Allard spent a night with a drone team from Nemesis, one of Ukraine’s elite drone units, as they carried out bombing missions against Russian positions.
The claim appears to conflict with President Volodymyr Zelensky's earlier statement that Kyiv agreed to Washington's request for assistance in protecting U.S. military bases in Jordan.
"The Trump administration cannot simultaneously claim to be prioritizing U.S. military operations while offering sanctions relief to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," the letter reads.
The EU-sanctioned tanker Sea Owl I was boarded near Trelleborg, the Swedish Coast Guard said.
"We identified steps and specific decisions that can deliver strong results. This concerns both air defense and combat aviation," Zelensky said on X.
"I think (Putin) might be helping them a little bit, yeah, I guess," Trump said. "And he probably thinks we're helping Ukraine, right?"
Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas giant Naftogaz won a case against Russia's Gazprom in a Swiss court, paving the way for the Russian company to pay more than $1.4 billion in debt.
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