More than 70 simultaneous searches are currently underway across Ukraine and Moldova, targeting the residences of suspects and their relatives. The operation aims to identify, document, and prosecute Russian-funded militants who fought against Ukraine. Investigation Progress Ukrainian police have successfully identified key elements of the mercenary network, including: Investigators have amassed substantial evidence, including documents,…
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Crimes Against Peace, Security of Mankind and International Legal Order: Police Statistic for 9 Month2 2025
According to official data of the Office of General Prosecutor, as of 7 August 2022, the Ukrainian authorities were investigating almost 26 thousand criminal cases of suspected war crimes committed after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. In 2023, the number of war crimes increased 246 times as compared to 2021 (62128…
Crimes Committed With Firearms: Police Statistics for 9 Months 2025
While analysing crimes committed with firearms and corresponding crime statistics, it could be expected that crime rates resulting from illegal use of firearms would extremely rise after February 2022. Nevertheless, police statistics partly refute such a presumption. Yes, it is obvious that the number of crimes with weapons has seriously risen for the twelve months…
Crimes Committed by Russian Military Personnel During the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine (as of 26 October 2025)
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, investigators from the National Police of Ukraine have opened 170,028 criminal proceedings into crimes committed on Ukrainian territory by servicemen of the Russian Federation’s armed forces and their accomplices. Of these:
Ukraine: 663 Strikes on Populated Areas in the Zaporizhzhia region in 24 hours: Consequences Documented by the Police
On 25 October 2025, Russian occupiers used 414 UAVs (mostly FPV), carried out 5 air strikes and 238 artillery strikes, and fired 6 times from multiple launch rocket systems. The enemy shelled Yurkivka in Zaporizhzhia, Stepnogorsk, Plavni, Stepove in Vasylivka, as well as Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Charivne, Bilohirya, Uspenivka, Chervone, Malynivka,…
Shelling of Kyiv on 26 October 2025: Ukraine’s National Police Keeps Documenting the Aftermath of the Shelling of the Capital
Two dead and thirteen injured: police continue to document the aftermath of the hostile shelling of the capital that took place on 26 October 2025. In addition to a 36-year-old man whose body was recovered from the rubble in the Desnianskyi district, a 58-year-old man was killed in the same district and was taken to…
Cybercrime in Ukraine: Police Statistics for 9 Months 2025
Focusing on cybercrimes in Ukraine, we should note that we use the term ‘cybercrime’, although the full title of the relevant Section of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is ‘criminal offences in the field of the use of electronic computers, systems and networks, computer networks and electronic communication networks’. Cybercrimes (criminal proceedings, total) Cybercrimes…
Shadow Report: Combating Organised Crime
During 2023–2024, the Overarching Strategic Plan for Reforming Law Enforcement Agencies as part of the Security and Defence Sector of Ukraine for 2023–2027 and the Government’s Action Plan for its implementation were adopted. These documents are key to state policy in the field of law enforcement system development. Legislation in the field of combating organised…
Germany to Allow Police to Shoot Down Drones
Police in Germany will soon be allowed to shoot down drones that are violating German airspace. The cabinet agreed the law after disruptions to airports across Europe — including Germany — by rogue drones. The legislation still requires parliamentary approval. Germany is facing a growing threat from unauthorized drones, after sightings near Munich Airport stranded…
Kenyan Police Rescue Citizens Bound For Russian Battlefield
Russia’s war on Ukraine has opened a dangerous front in Africa, as the Kremlin is exploiting and tricking job-seeking civilians into being part of its war machine. Kenyan authorities recently broke up a human trafficking ring accused of targeting vulnerable citizens with fake job opportunities in order to lure them to Russia, where they would…