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In Khmelnytskyi region, the Security Service of Ukraine's counterintelligence detained a man suspected of cooperating with Russia's FSB and preparing new rocket-and-drone strikes against Ukraine's western region. According to law enforcement, the suspect collected coordinates of military units, defense-industrial enterprises, and logistical facilities that Russian forces could use to plan attacks.
This was announced by the SBU's press service.
According to investigators, the suspect was carrying out tasks for Russian special services aimed at identifying the exact locations of strategically important facilities on the territory of Khmelnytskyi region.
First of all, he was interested in military units, defense-industrial complex enterprises, and places where Ukrainian service members are permanently based.
Subsequently, as law enforcement agencies report, the man was given new tasks. Specifically, he was to determine coordinates of logistics hubs and sorting terminals of postal operators.
To gather intelligence information, the suspect scouted Khmelnytskyi and surrounding areas. Under the guise of ordinary phone conversations, he photographed objects that could be of interest to the Russian special service.
According to the investigation, the information obtained was stored by the man on his own smartphone. In particular, he marked the locations of potential targets on electronic maps to later relay the relevant information to FSB representatives.
The SBU established that a local unemployed man with a prior conviction for drug-related crimes was involved in collaborating with the enemy.
According to law enforcement, he came to the attention of Russian special services through Telegram channels where he looked for quick money.
After this, as investigators believe, the man was recruited by FSB representatives and drawn into gathering intelligence on Ukrainian territory.
Initially, the suspect was to determine the locations of defense industry enterprises and military facilities. Later, his duties expanded to transport and postal logistics facilities.
According to the SBU, the obtained coordinates were planned to be used by the Russian side to prepare a new series of combined rocket-and-drone attacks.
Nevertheless, Ukrainian security service officers exposed the probable agent and documented his activities.
The arrest occurred directly during the execution of another assignment. Law enforcement officers detained the man while he was conducting reconnaissance near one of the strategically important facilities.
During searches of the detainee, a mobile phone was seized, which, according to the SBU, contained evidence of his cooperation with Russian security services.
Based on the gathered materials, investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine informed the man of suspicion under part 2 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — treason committed under martial law.
The sanction for this article provides punishment in the form of 15 years of imprisonment or life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
The suspect is currently in custody.
Comprehensive measures were carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine in Khmelnytskyi region under the procedural guidance of the regional prosecutor's office.
Recall that this is not the first case of exposing suspected Russian agents in western regions of Ukraine.
In particular, 11 September 2026 of this year, the SBU reported the detention of another Russian informer in Khmelnytskyi region.
According to law enforcement, the unemployed resident of Slavuta collected information about administrative buildings of state institutions, logistics warehouses, and locations of personnel and equipment of the Defense Forces.
The man also came to the attention of Russian security services while seeking easy money on Telegram.
Then SBU officers detained the suspect and informed him of suspicion of unauthorized dissemination of information regarding the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Earlier, Stopkor wrote that the SBU reported a new remote suspicion of former member of parliament Yevhen Muraev, who is suspected of justifying and denying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine. According to the investigation, the former MP spread pro-Russian narratives, called the war an “internal civil conflict,” and urged arming. Muraev is wanted on prior episodes, and under the new suspicion he faces up to 15 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
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