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The SBU detained an FSB hitman who was preparing to kill a well-known public figure in the Kyiv region
As part of systematic efforts to counter Russian intelligence services and prevent destabilization in Ukraine, SBU counterintelligence foiled a contract killing of a well-known civic activist in the Kyiv region. As a result of preemptive actions, the hitman working for the FSB was detained. The special operation was conducted under the personal coordination of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Major General Oleksandr Poklad.
The investigation found that the suspect planned to shoot the activist during his morning walk with his dog in the forest.
To do this, the agent monitored the victim’s hourly routine and routes for a long time, and also received from the FSB the coordinates of a cache from which he retrieved a pistol with ammunition and a suppressor.
Following instructions from the Russian intelligence service, the perpetrator was to spend the night in the forest near the public figure’s residence and kill him with several shots from an ambush.
SBU officers uncovered the hostile plot in advance and detained the hitman in an ambush while he was preparing for the attack.
According to case materials, the FSB’s contract was carried out by an enemy-recruited 19-year-old resident of Mykolaiv. He came to the occupiers’ attention because of his activity on social networks. In particular, the suspect posted messages supporting fascist and Nazi ideology.
After recruitment, the Russian intelligence service dispatched its agent to the capital of Ukraine to carry out a high-profile murder.
During searches, three pistols with suppressors and ammunition were seized from the detainee, as well as smartphones containing evidence of work for the FSB.
SBU investigators informed the agent of suspicion under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
▪️ part 2 art. 111 (state treason committed under martial law);
▪️ part 1 art. 14, para. 11 part 2 art. 115 (preparation for intentional murder for hire);
▪️ part 1 art. 263 (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition, or explosives).
The perpetrator is in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
The special operation was carried out by officers of the SBU Directorate in Mykolaiv region under the coordination of the SBU Counterintelligence Department and under the procedural supervision of the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
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