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According to SBU materials 15 years in prison was received by a cleric of the UOC (MP) who adjusted shelling in Donetsk region
Based on the counterintelligence and investigative evidence of the Security Service 15 years imprisonment with confiscation of property was received by an FSB agent whom the SBU exposed in April 2025 in Donetsk region. The perpetrator directed enemy fire at fortified areas and combat positions of the Defense Forces on the Novopavlivka axis.
As the investigation found, the adjustment of enemy fire was carried out by a protoiereus of the Pokrovsk eparchy of the UOC (MP) who had been recruited by the rashists.
According to the case materials, the cleric came to the attention of the FSB because of his daughter, who lives in Russia.
After the start of the full-scale invasion she appealed in a letter to Putin for Russian citizenship for her mother and sister, who were in Ukraine.
In this way an FSB officer contacted the protoiereus and offered cooperation in exchange for “evacuating” the priest’s family to the aggressor country with processing of Russian citizenship and a promise of money.
After being recruited the cleric began to canvass the frontline area to identify locations of Ukrainian troops and “pass” them to his Russian handler.
The agent “reported” the tracked sites to the Russian security officer via messenger.
SBU officers detained the traitor at his place of residence. During a search they seized a smartphone from him with evidence of working for the enemy.
Based on the Security Service materials the court found him guilty under part 2 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason committed under martial law).
The investigation was conducted by officers of the Main Directorate of the SBU in Donetsk and Luhansk regions under the procedural supervision of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
