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The SBU exposed four more pro-war agitators in Kherson, Cherkasy, and the Sumy region
The Security Service detained four more pro-Kremlin internet agitators who justified the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine and the war crimes of the Rashists.
🔹 Thus, in Kherson, SBU counterintelligence uncovered an enemy propagandist who spread fakes about the Defense Forces and supported the Russian occupation administrations in the temporarily seized regions of our state.
According to the case materials, a local unemployed man who avoided mobilization was engaged in spreading informational sabotage.
Almost never leaving his residence, the draft evader regularly posted pro-Rashism messages in Telegram channel chats.
In addition to him, SBU cyber specialists detained another Russian agitator in the regional center. She turned out to be a local seamstress who posted messages supporting the full-scale war against Ukraine and the temporary occupation of our country’s territory.
🔹 In Cherkasy, a local unemployed woman was served with a suspicion notice after denying the Russian Federation’s armed aggression in Telegram channels, portraying it as an "internal civil conflict" in Ukraine.
The woman also justified the temporary occupation of Crimea and parts of Ukraine’s eastern regions, calling on the Russian Federation to fully seize our state.
During searches of the detainees, smartphones and computer equipment were seized containing evidence of the crimes and pro-Russian symbolism.
🔹 In the Sumy region, a resident of Okhtyrka was exposed for spreading enemy content in Telegram communities.
The suspect posted messages calling for the occupation of Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv regions. In addition, he justified the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine and approved missile and bomb strikes on Ukrainian cities.
A forensic linguistic examination initiated by the Security Service confirmed the facts of information-subversive activities by the suspects in the interests of the Russian Federation.
SBU investigators notified them of suspicion in accordance with the crimes committed under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
▪️ art. 436-2 (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants);
▪️ part 1 art. 161 (deliberate actions aimed at inciting national enmity and hatred, humiliating national honor and dignity);
▪️ part 1 art. 110 (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine).
The perpetrators face up to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Comprehensive measures were carried out by SBU officers in Kherson, Cherkasy, and Sumy regions under the procedural supervision of the regional prosecutor’s offices.
