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Kyrylo Ovsyaniy

Kyrylo Ovsyaniy is an investigative journalist with Schemes (Skhemy), an investigative news project run by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. Since 2021 he has worked on the Corruption In Detail program, after beginning in 2019 with a regional project. Born in Odesa, he has worked as a journalist there since 2018.

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February 08, 2024
China's Hikvision, Dahua Security Cameras Heighten Risks Of Russian Attacks On Ukraine

Testing of Hikvision and Dahua CCTV cameras indicated that certain models are vulnerable to hacking and, in some cases, transmit information to servers controlled by companies fully or partly owned by the Chinese government. That poses a risk of data transfers to Moscow, experts say.
December 26, 2023
Investigation: CCTV System Could Give Moscow A Prying Eye On Ukraine

Whether monitoring a street corner, a shop, or a nuclear power plant, a Russian video-surveillance system that is in place at locations across Ukraine, can transmit data to Moscow servers owned by big Russian corporations, the investigative unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service has found.
November 01, 2023
Satellite Images Suggest Russia Is Ramping Up Production Capacity For Its War Against Ukraine

An analysis of satellite images by Schemes, RFE/RL's Ukrainian investigative unit, indicates that Russia is actively building up its production capacity for military equipment and developing new factories as it continues to reorient its economy toward its war against Ukraine.
June 22, 2023
Kyrgyz, Kazakh Companies Send Western Tech To Firms Linked To Kremlin War Machine

An RFE/RL investigation reveals how sanctioned Western electronics make their way to Russia via Central Asian firms -- some set up shortly after the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine -- and end up in the hands of companies that have supplied the Russian defense industry.
May 13, 2023
Detained Ukrainian Industrialist, Suspected Of Collaboration, Requests Transfer To Russia

Former Motor Sich aviation-engine plant head Vyacheslav Bohuslayev, whom the government suspects of encouraging Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has asked to be exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners in Russia, RFE/RL has found.
March 05, 2023
Satellite Images Reveal How Russia's Invasion Has Devastated The Environment In Ukraine

From flooded villages to fire-ravaged farmland, satellite photos obtained by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, reveal the scope of the environmental damage from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – estimated at nearly $50 billion and counting.
December 14, 2022
In Satellite Images Of Russian-Occupied Crimea, Experts Point To Potential Targets For Ukraine

A close examination of satellite images from Planet Labs displays the extent to which the occupied Crimean Peninsula has become a hub for Russia's military operations in Ukraine -- and a potential target for Kyiv's forces.
November 11, 2022
Detained Ukrainian Industry 'Icon' Has Russian Citizenship, RFE/RL Investigation Finds

Now detained on suspicion of aiding Moscow in its aggression against Ukraine, the longtime head of a prominent Ukrainian aircraft engine maker is a Russian citizen, a Schemes investigation has found.
November 04, 2022
How Western Tech In Iranian Drones Is Helping Russia Wage War On Ukraine

A new Schemes investigation reveals the Western components inside the Iranian combat drones that Russia is deploying in its war against Ukraine, raising questions about how Tehran obtains this technology despite sanctions.
October 20, 2022
As Ukrainian Troops Advance In Kherson, A Glimpse Of The Russian Withdrawal

Ukrainian forces are advancing in the southern Kherson region, pummeling Russian forces and pushing toward the city of Kherson, whose recapture would be a major victory. Social-media photos and videos posted by troops leaving the right bank of the Dnieper River give a glimpse of how it's going.
August 27, 2022
Satellite Images Pinpoint Fires Near Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant In Ukraine

Amid global concerns about the safety of a Russian-controlled nuclear power plant in Ukraine, satellite images obtained by the investigative unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, Schemes, show plumes of smoke over a nearby thermal plant and a forest.
August 05, 2022
Russia Scrambling To Compensate For Destroyed Bridges In Southern Ukraine, Satellite Imagery Suggests

Russia is using a ferry to move military equipment across the Dnieper River and supply forces holding the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson, an examination of satellite imagery by Schemes shows.
June 28, 2022
Investigation: Free From Western Sanctions, A Russian Bank Helps Fund The Invasion Of Ukraine

A substantial number of the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine receive their military pay and combat bonuses through Gazprombank, which has escaped the most severe Western sanctions that have hamstrung other large Russian lenders, an investigation by Schemes shows.
June 20, 2022
Satellite Images Show Russia Shipping Grain From Occupied Ukraine To Syria

Satellite images bolster accusations that Russia is transporting huge quantities of stolen Ukrainian grain to Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service has documented a series of shipments through the largest grain terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea.
April 22, 2022
New Imagery Points To Hundreds Of Fresh Graves For Mariupol Victims

New satellite imagery indicates hundreds of newly dug graves west of the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol, and a local official said thousands of bodies may be buried there.
April 18, 2022
'Missing On The High Seas?!': Father Expresses Outrage As Russia Keeps Quiet About Fate Of Sailors

Five days after the attack on the Moskva -- the largest warship to sink in 40 years -- the fate of the Russian crew is still shrouded in mystery, with officials keeping quiet as family members post that their sons and husbands are dead or missing.
April 03, 2022
Clustered Russian Aircraft Present A Prominent Target In Ukraine

At least twice since it invaded Ukraine, Russia has clustered warplanes on territory it has seized in the south, creating platforms for further attacks but presenting prominent targets for counterstrikes by Kyiv’s forces, officials, analysts, and satellite imagery indicate.
March 24, 2022
'A Source Of Death': Air Bases In Russia, Belarus, And Crimea Used In Moscow's Assault On Ukraine

"Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands of people," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this month. An examination of satellite imagery indicates that Russia may be using as many as 40 air bases to bomb Ukraine.
October 08, 2021
Ukrainian State Bank Loaned $60 Million To Businessman With Assets In Donbas Conflict Zone

Ukraine's state-owned export-import bank lent $60 million to companies owned by a businessman with interests in parts of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists, a new investigation has found.
October 06, 2021
Caught On Video: Ukrainian Banker Tries To Delete Recording After Assault On RFE/RL Journalists

The head of the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine, Yevhen Metsher, announced he was stepping down pending an investigation of an assault on RFE/RL journalists during an interview with him in Kyiv.

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