Kyiv arrest of suspected xss.is administrator, and a new prime minister
A look back at two items from Ukraine's public life in the days before 23 July 2025.
What was happening in Ukraine's public life on 23 July 2025? Two developments from the preceding days framed it: an arrest in the capital and a change at the head of government.
On 22 July 2025, a suspected administrator of xss.is, a cybercrime platform, was arrested in Kyiv. The detention of the person suspected of running the platform was reported that day.
Five days earlier, on 17 July 2025, the Verkhovna Rada confirmed Yuliia Svyrydenko as prime minister, a woman taking the post of head of government after the parliamentary vote.
One item concerned law enforcement and the other the formation of government. Together they marked the week leading up to 23 July 2025.
