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The issue of collaboration in Ukraine is prominent, with ongoing detentions and trials of individuals supporting occupying forces. In April 2026, a woman was detained in Volyn for collaborating with occupying authorities in Donetsk Oblast. The Security Service of Ukraine exposed her, highlighting their vigilance. Meanwhile, a former head of Kherson's occupation administration, Oleksandr Kobets, was sentenced to life imprisonment. These actions symbolize Ukraine's unyielding stand against traitors. Additionally, traitors like those facilitating Russian educational standards in occupied Crimea and Makiivka face prosecution. The Ukrainian government intensifies efforts to address collaboration, bringing justice to those undermining national integrity.
What actions are taken against collaborators in Ukraine?
Collaborators in Ukraine face legal actions, including detentions by agencies like the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). They are subject to rigorous investigations, leading to trials and potential convictions. The judicial system ensures that acts of collaboration are met with appropriate sentences, serving as a deterrent to those aiding occupiers.
How does the SSU combat collaboration with Russian occupiers?
The SSU actively works to dismantle networks of collaboration by conducting strategic operations resulting in the detention and prosecution of individuals involved with the occupiers. It collaborates with other law enforcement bodies to secure convictions and enforce justice, crucial for maintaining national security.
What are the typical penalties for collaborators in Ukraine?
Penalties for collaborators in Ukraine range from prison sentences to life imprisonment, depending on the severity of their actions. These sentences are often accompanied by confiscation of property and serve as strong warnings against collaboration with occupying forces in Ukraine's occupied territories.
Are there specific regions in Ukraine where collaboration is more prevalent?
Collaboration incidents are notably higher in regions under temporary occupation such as Crimea, Kherson, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk. These areas see more active involvement by Ukrainian counterintelligence efforts to deter collaboration and restore Ukrainian governance and lawfulness.
How does Ukrainian law address educational collaboration?
Under Ukrainian law, implementing or promoting foreign educational standards in occupied territories is viewed as collaboration. Individuals involved in such acts, like those introducing Russian curricula, face investigations, detentions, and trials to safeguard Ukraine's educational sovereignty.
What recent developments have occurred in the fight against collaboration?
Recent developments include high-profile detentions and the sentencing of prominent collaborators. The Ukrainian government continuously adapts and strengthens legal frameworks to ensure effective prosecution of collaborators, emphasizing national security and territorial integrity.
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Putin's 'confidant' at Crimea elections caught at border with occupied peninsula. PHOTOS Ukrainian border guards detained Vladimir Putin's "confidant" at the de-facto administrative border with the occupied Crimea on April 23. The woman happened to be a holder of a newly-issued biometric passport of Ukraine. 46 431 183 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
One of most famous collaborators Savluchenko was liquidated in Kherson. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS Unknown people blew up the car in which Dmitry Savluchenko was. He died on the spot. 63 967 121 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
Collaborator Sushko - Gauleiter of Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhia region - destroyed as result of car explosion. PHOTOS Local collaborator Ivan Sushko, who was appointed by the occupiers as the village head of Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhia region, died as a result of a car bombing. 32 236 117 Previously in trend: War
Identified traitor who is fighting in Russian army and wanted to take his mother-collaborator out of occupied Kherson region. PHOTOS Vyacheslav Voitseshko, a Ukrainian born in the village of Arkhangelsk in the Kherson region, is fighting in the Russian occupation army and is likely to commit crimes against his own countrymen. 79 792 110 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War
Commander of Special Operations Forces unit turned out to be "mole" for Russian GRU, recruited before full-scale war - SSU. VIDEO The SSU, with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, detained a Russian GRU "mole" who was passing plans for special operations of the Defence Forces in the rear of the enemy to the ruscists. 34 279 103
Mejlis head slams joint Ukraine-Russia fishing commission working in Kyiv, calls on SBU to expel head of Russian delegation. PHOTO Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People and Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction) Refat Chubarov at a meeting in Kyiv of the Ukrainian-Russian commission on fisheries in the Sea of Azov has declared the inadmissibility of such negotiations. 20 657 89 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
Locations of HIMARS in Donetsk region were handed over to occupiers: Two men were detained. PHOTOS Two residents of Donetsk region were informed of suspicion of collaborative activities. 25 590 86 Previously in trend: War
We abandon concept of collaborator in bill on state policy for transition period – Reznikov Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov says that in the bill on the state policy of the transition period, they refused to use the concept of a collaborator. 6 287 86
Poll: 46% of Ukrainians support criminal liability for any cooperation with occupation administrations 46% of Ukrainians believe that criminal liability should be introduced for any cooperation with the occupiers. 52% of Ukrainians believe that criminal liability should be imposed on citizens only for cooperation that has led to serious consequences. 2 225 84
"Mole" of special services of Russian Federation in Kharkiv office of SSU was exposed. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS The Security Service of Ukraine detained an employee of the coordination headquarters of the SSU Office in the Kharkiv region, who worked for the special services of the Russian Federation. On assignment from the enemy, he joined the Ukrainian special service shortly after the large-scale invasion of Russia. 24 246 81 Previously in trend: War
Traitor teachers from occupied Kherson region complain about Ukrainians: "They hang funeral wreaths on fence". VIDEO Traitor teachers from the occupied Kherson region complain about Ukrainians who harass them in every possible way for collaborating with the occupiers. 18 864 81 Previously in trend: War
Moskalenko, organizer of torture camps in Kherson region, was liquidated, - Intelligence. PHOTOS Serhii Moskalenko, the organizer of kativena in the Kherson region, was liquidated a few days ago in the temporarily occupied territory. 28 892 77 Previously in trend: War
SBI searched traitor Saldo. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS The employees of the SBI conducted a search of Volodymyr Saldo, the main collaborator of the Kherson region. 20 798 74
Collaborator and war criminal Mykhailo Hrytsai eliminated in occupied Berdiansk – DIU. PHOTOS On June 18, 2025, in temporarily occupied Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region, collaborator, state traitor, and war criminal Mykhailo Pavlovych Hrytsai was shot dead. 25 674 72 Previously in trend: Elimination of collaborators and traitors
Traitor, who worked for Russians in occupied Makiivka and implemented Russian "educational standards" there, was detained in Kyiv - SSU. PHOTO The Security Service detained a collaborator in Kyiv who had been working for the Russian occupation administration in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk Oblast since 2014. 17 350 69 Previously in trend: Disclosure of collaborators
State employees who became traitors will receive severe punishment, - Vereshchuk The degree of punishment will depend on the position the traitors held before the war. 4 126 68
Crimea-based village ex-deputy head involved in peninsula occupation exposed hiding in Kyiv region, - SBU Operatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained former deputy chairman of the Olenevka village council (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), who joined the occupiers, assisted the Russian occupying authorities to hold illegal referendums, and took part in illegal elections on the temporarily occupied peninsula. 20 847 68
Moment of explosion of car of head of occupation authorities of village of Mykhailivka in Zaporozhzhia Sushko. VIDEO Russian media published a video that apparently recorded the moment of the explosion of the car of the head of the occupation authorities of the village of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia, Ivan Sushka. 27 125 66 Previously in trend: War
SSU neutralized enemy intelligence network in Kremenchuk that tried to detect and detonate HIMARS installations and S-300 complexes. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS In the Poltava region, as a result of a multi-stage special operation, the FSB agent network, which was "hunting" for HIMARS installations and S-300 complexes, was neutralized. 18 077 61 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Traitor Andriy Stepa was blown up in occupied Kakhovka. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS In the temporarily occupied Kakhovka, the car of the traitor Andriy Stepa, who "headed" the occupation "administration" of the village of Lyubimivka in the Kherson region, was blown up. Stepa was eliminated. 28 073 61 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
Mayor of Balakliia Stolbovy cooperates with occupiers, - Kharkiv administration. VIDEO In the Kharkiv region, the head of the Balakliia Territorial Community Ivan Stolbovy went to cooperate with the Russian occupiers. 26 996 59 Previously in trend: War
Parliament abolished confiscation of property from corrupt officials who made plea deals. Ukrainian government has blatantly flaked out EU, - Shabunin. The confiscation of property of corrupt officials who made a deal with the investigation was abolished by the law on depriving collaborators of state awards. 6 320 58
Well-known lawyer from Dnipro corrected Russian missile strike on drone modernisation company: detained while trying to flee from Ukraine - SSU. PHOTOS SSU CI officers and investigators prevented the escape from Ukraine of one of the most secretive FSB agents in Dnipropetrovsk region. He was a well-known local lawyer who corrected Russian missile strikes on the regional centre. 38 339 58
Enemy agent attempted to enter ranks of AFU combat unit, - SSU. VIDEO In Zhytomyr region, the SSU detained a Russian agent who wanted to enlist in a combat unit of the AFU to conduct reconnaissance and subversive activities in favor of the occupants. 27 252 58 Previously in trend: War
Russian agency in "Ukroboronprom" is exposed and collaborators who investigated positions of AFU in east are detained, - SSU. VIDEO Since the beginning of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian special services have exposed more than 360 Russian agents and more than 5,000 collaborators. 17 634 56
Two Russian agents were detained, among them - design engineer of "Motor Sich", - SSU. PHOTOS Cyber specialists of the Security Service exposed two FSS agents who were conducting reconnaissance and subversive activities in the Kyiv region and Zaporizhzhia. 19 282 55 Previously in trend: War
In Kherson, three school principals and 10 heads of kindergartens became traitors - Mayor’s Office In Kherson, three school principals and ten kindergarten principals became collaborators, but among the teachers of these institutions there are those who categorically do not agree to cooperate with the occupiers. 19 200 54 Previously in trend: War
Head of occupying power, Yunakov, in Velyky Burluk city, Kharkiv region was liquidated, - Goncharenko Local collaborator Yunakov has been liquidated in Kharkiv region. 29 231 53
SSU exposed two traitors in liberated Kupiansk. VIDEO In the recently liberated Kupiansk of the Kharkiv region, the SSU exposed two people who collaborated with the occupiers. 24 974 53 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War
SBU evacuates former "DPR agriculture minister" from occupied Donbas. VIDEO (in Russian) Members of the counterintelligence department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) carried out successful special operation to retrieve former "Minister of Agro-Industrial Policy and Food" of the so-called "Donetsk People’s Republic" from the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region. 33 194 52 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
Attempt was made on collaborator of Hura in occupied Nova Kakhovka, - russian media. VIDEO In the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka, an attempt was made on the "deputy head of the administration" Vitaly Hura. 29 735 51 Previously in trend: War
Collaborators in Crimea are ready for "gesture of goodwill", OC "South" Traitors of the "first echelon" in Crimea are already ready for a "gesture of goodwill". 11 988 49 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War
She supported and justified Russia: former People’s Artist of Ukraine and former People’s Deputy from Party of Regions, Povalii, to be tried – Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTO Prosecutors of the Vinnytsia Regional Prosecutor's Office have submitted to court an indictment against former the People`s Deputy from the banned Party of Regions and People's Artist of Ukraine Taisiia Povalii for collaboration. 8 536 49
Police detain traitor from Bucha who cooperated with Russia and tortured supporters of Armed Forces. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS A resident of Kryvyi Rih came to Bucha to visit relatives, patrolled with the Russian military, psychologically pressured Bucha residents, threatened to kill them, intimidated them with weapons, and tortured supporters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For such actions, the defendant faces life imprisonment. 50 735 47 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War
18-year-old resident of Bakhmut passed geodata on location of Armed Forces to special services of Russian Federation: she was sentenced to 9 years in prison, - Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTO In May and June 2022, an 18-year-old girl provided the FSB agent with geolocation data on the location of the AFU units in Bakhmut and its environs. 13 103 46
Kharkiv scientist who helped enemy to improve "Shaheds" is detained, his student fled to Russia and is developing drones - SSU. PHOTO The SSU CI detained an enemy accomplice in Kharkiv who worked for the military-industrial complex of the aggressor country. 15 476 46
70 traitors transferred to Russia as part of "1000-for-1000" exchange – ’I want to go to my people’ project On May 23, the first stage of the prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia under the "1000-for-1000" format took place. As part of this exchange, 70 individuals convicted in Ukraine of collaboration and high treason were transferred to Russia. 11 186 46 Previously in trend: Prisoner swap Disclosure of collaborators
SSU discovered 33 agents and fire adjusters in cassocks, - Maliuk The Security Service of Ukraine understands all possible threats of hostile influence in the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP), therefore it works in this direction with high quality. 10 187 45
Mariupol authorities have published list of collaborators from Opposition Platform - "Za zhyttya". LIST According to officials, these people first adjusted the enemy's fire in the city, and when it was occupied, they joined the invaders. 18 862 45 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
In Berdiansk, car with traitor Mamai, who organized pseudo-referendum and "surrendered" patriots to occupiers, was blown up. She is in hospital, Fedorov. PHOTOS In the temporarily occupied Berdiansk, a car was blown up by Valentina Mamai. 15 350 44 Previously in trend: War
DBR has started filtering operations in de-occupied Balaklia. PHOTOS After the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the city of Balaklia, Kharkiv Region, the SDF employees began filtering and investigative activities in the settlement. The purpose of the measures is to prevent the subversive activities of the Russians and their allies. 20 486 44 Previously in trend: War
All collaborators who joined ranks of occupying "Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russian Federation" in Zaporizhzhia region have been identified - SSU. PHOTOS The security service established the identities of all the traitors who joined the "main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Zaporozhzhia region" created by the aggressor, and 17 of them have already announced suspicion. 14 028 44 Previously in trend: War
Resident of Bakhmut, who was correcting rocket strikes in Donetsk region, was detained - SSU. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS A man from Bakhmut was an informer for the occupiers and adjusted rocket strikes on the territory of the region. 10 605 44 Previously in trend: War Russian agression
There can't be any collaborators in Prosecutor General's office, - Venedyktova Former Prosecutor General Iryna Venedyktova denies that collaborators were active in her office. 9 391 44
Blogger who was "right hand" of traitor Stremousov was detained in Odesa, - SSU. VIDEO SBU cyber specialists and investigators detained in Odesa a hostile propagandist who had been working for collaborator Stremousov for a long time, justifying Russia’s armed aggression and calling for the seizure of state power in Ukraine. 14 455 43 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War
In Russia, attempt was made on collaborating mayor of Kupiansk, Gennady Matsegoru. He is in critical condition, - DIU On Friday, June 7, in the Russian city of Stary Oskol, an attempt was made on the traitor of Ukraine Hennadiy Matsehora. The collaborator previously held the post of mayor of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, from the OPFL party. 11 397 41
Former law enforcement officers who created criminal organisation in occupied Kherson region and tortured people have been identified - National Police. PHOTO The police identified people from among the residents of the occupied part of the Kherson region who became Russian security forces and helped the enemy establish the invaders' order. Those who opposed the new laws were abducted by collaborators and subjected to terrible torture. Among the... 3 497 41 Previously in trend: Disclosure of collaborators Torture during the occupation
Deputy mayor of Kherson from team of traitor Saldo, who worked for enemy, was detained - SBI. PHOTOS In Kherson, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation expose and detain traitors among the officials who defected to the enemy and contributed to the aggression against Ukraine. Each of them will not avoid responsibility. 12 497 40
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