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The SBU detained an agent of Russian military intelligence who created several Telegram channels to adjust fire on Donetsk region
Counterintelligence of the Security Service intercepted another agent of Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU) in Donetsk region. He turned out to be a local blogger who was correcting Russian airstrikes on the Kramatorsk direction using his own Telegram channels. The total audience of these online resources was nearly five hundred users.
The investigation found that using his online reach, the agent collected coordinates of Ukrainian forces and passed them to his Russian handler. These data could later have been used by the enemy to prepare missile and bomb strikes on Kramatorsk and neighboring territories.
To verify some intelligence, the suspect toured the city and its surroundings under the pretext of trips to his dacha.
In addition, the blogger used the Telegram channels he controlled to spread Kremlin propaganda. In particular, the perpetrator spread fakes about the Defense Forces and the operational situation at the front while simultaneously urging community residents to support Russian armed groups.
SBU officers exposed the agent, documented his crimes, and detained him at his place of residence. Measures were simultaneously taken to secure the locations of Donetsk defenders.
According to the case materials, the suspect came to the attention of Russian special services when he posted anti-Ukrainian comments on social networks.
During the search, the detainee’s smartphone and computer equipment were seized with evidence of working for Russian military intelligence.
Investigators of the Security Service informed him of suspicion under part 2 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (state treason committed under martial law).
The perpetrator is in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property. The question of additional qualification of the agent’s crimes for spreading enemy propaganda is also being considered.
Comprehensive measures were carried out by officers of the Main Directorate of the SBU in Donetsk and Luhansk regions under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
