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The Security Service of Ukraine 10 uncovered three Russian agents in August who activated dozens of Starlink terminals for the enemy’s armed formations in Dnipro and Zhytomyr. According to the investigation, all three new defendants are drug-dependent individuals who were seeking quick earnings in Telegram channels. The arrests occurred within two separate schemes of illegally verifying internet-connection stations for the foe.
As a result of comprehensive counterintelligence measures, two separate networks for illegal Starlink registration were documented, the Security Service of Ukraine reports. In Dnipro, a defendant carried out tasks for the Russians in exchange for money to buy drugs, and in Zhytomyr a local jobless woman and her associate joined the scheme.
Thus, in Dnipro, counterintelligence of the SBU exposed a defendant who carried out tasks for the Russians in exchange for money to buy drugs. On the enemy’s orders, the woman opened one Starlink in her name, then began recruiting her acquaintances to register terminals, who likewise sought money for a “dose.” In Zhytomyr, the situation developed similarly: the defendant first registered one Starlink station to herself, then recruited an acquaintance with whom they began a “serial” activation at postal offices.
To mask the scheme, the offenders recruited outsiders. They used placeholders who provided their personal data for internet-station verification in exchange for a “percent.” SBU personnel documented the subversive activity of the defendants and detained them at their places of residence, and all illegally registered Starlink systems were blocked.
The defendants face up to 12 years in prison
SBU investigators informed the three detainees of suspicions under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This concerns obstructing the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations in the special period, committed by a prior arrangement of a group of persons, and aiding a state aggressor. The defendants face from 8 to 12 years of imprisonment. The comprehensive measures were conducted by officers of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region and the Security Service of Ukraine in Zhytomyr region, jointly with the National Police under the leadership of regional prosecutors.
They regularly unravel similar schemes
Earlier, Informator reported that the SBU caught a FSB agent who registered over 1000 Starlink terminals for Russians, and it was already known what punishment he faced. We also wrote that the SBU caught two more Russian agents who activated over 70 Starlink terminals for the occupiers and might never come free again.
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