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Notable Ukrainian activist injured in apparent assassination attempt

  • Ukrainian activist Serhii Sternenko was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt involving a firearm on May 1, 2025, in Kyiv.
  • The attack occurred amid Russia's war against Ukraine and followed Sternenko's prominent role in funding and popularizing military drone supplies.
  • Ukraine’s internal security agency detained a 45-year-old woman suspected of receiving instructions and financial support from Russian intelligence to carry out the attack.
  • Sternenko said on Telegram, "I was attacked," confirmed the attacker was detained, and expressed gratitude, stating the SBU "quite literally saved my life."
  • The incident highlights ongoing Kremlin hybrid warfare targeting Ukrainian civil society and the risks faced by vocal critics like Sternenko.
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Ukrainian blogger and volunteer, former leader of the Odessian organization Legal Sector, Sergei Sternenko, who has been raising money for drones for the U.S.U. since the war began, reported that he had been attacked. On 1 May, Sternenko wrote in his television channel: "I have been attacked. Ranen." Two minutes later, the following post appeared: "All right, no threat to life." Soon Sternenko wrote that the assailant had been detained: it was a…

·Riga, Latvia
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babel.ua broke the news in on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
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