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Zelensky appoints former police chief to lead Ukraine’s cyber coordination center
Zelensky appoints former police chief Ihor Klymenko to head Ukraine's National Cybersecurity Coordination Center amid broader security leadership reshuffle.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Ihor Klymenko, former National Police head, interior minister, and NSDC secretary, to lead the National Cybersecurity Coordination Center (NCCC). The NCCC, created in 2016 under the National Security and Defense Council, coordinates government agencies' responses to major cyberthreats including Russian operations. The appointment comes amid a wider reshuffle of Ukraine's defense and security leadership.
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Ukrainian police raid 94 fraudulent call centers, seize $2 million
Ukrainian police raided 94 fraudulent call centers impersonating banks and brokers, seizing about $2 million and thousands of devices.
Ukraine's National Police, with the Security Service of Ukraine and Prosecutor General's Office, executed 400-plus searches across 867 addresses, dismantling 94 call centers used for bank-impersonation, fake investment, and crypto-platform fraud. Seizures included 3,336 pieces of computer equipment, 1,346 phones, over 5,200 SIM cards, 20 crypto wallets, and about $2 million, 64,000 euros, and a kilogram of gold. 26 people were named as suspects under fraud and money laundering charges carrying up to 12 years in prison, and one group defrauded EU citizens with German authorities cooperating.
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Ukraine prosecutor general steps down amid scam call center bribery probe
Ukraine's prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko resigned amid a probe into officials who allegedly took bribes to protect fraudulent call centers.
Ukraine's prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko resigned over an anti-corruption probe into officials who allegedly took bribes since mid-2025 to protect fraudulent call centers; he has not been charged. NABU named five suspects, including senior prosecutor Serhii Kropyva, who was remanded with bail of 120 million hryvnias (about $2.7 million) on suspicion of laundering over 89 million hryvnias (roughly $2 million). The scam centers targeted victims in Ukraine and abroad; Ukrainian authorities reported shutting about 340 call centers over the past year, including 94 in a single week during a nationwide crackdown.
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