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SBU detained an FSB “mole” who guided Russian missiles to the positions of his unit, where more than 100 drone operators were located
Military counterintelligence of the Security Service, with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, exposed another Russian agent within the ranks of the Armed Forces. He turned out to be an FSB-recruited mobilized soldier from Zhytomyr region who directed a Russian aerial attack at his own UAV unit.
Thanks to the SBU’s rapid response, it was possible to evacuate more than 100 Ukrainian drone operators from the potential impact zone in advance and to detain the enemy adjuster.
The investigation found that the subject “leaked” the Defense Forces’ coordinates to the FSB after he deserted his military unit and traveled to Kyiv region.
In the capital region the deserter tracked for the Russian intelligence service the locations of the Ukrainian army’s logistics centers, which the enemy was preparing missile and aviation strikes against.
SBU officers documented his crimes and detained him near one of the critically important warehouses in Kyiv region.
According to case materials, the subject had been recruited by the FSB even before his conscription into the Armed Forces. At first the agent carried out “test” tasks: he monitored the locations of fuel and energy facilities in northern Ukraine.
Then Russian intelligence agents instructed him to be mobilized into the Defense Forces in order to spy “from the inside” of the Ukrainian military.
While training at the UAV operators’ courses, he collected personal data of the command and personnel of the training center for the enemy.
In exchange for cooperation, the Russians promised their accomplice “evacuation” to the Russian Federation with receipt of Russian citizenship.
During the arrest, the “mole” had a smartphone seized containing evidence of his work for the FSB.
Investigators of the Security Service have notified him of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
▪️ part 2 article 111 (high treason committed under martial law);
▪️ part 2 article 259 (knowingly false report of a threat of an explosion at a critical infrastructure facility).
The perpetrator is held in custody without the right to bail. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
Comprehensive measures were carried out under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Defense Matters and the Svyatoshyn District Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Kyiv.
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