The Security Service exposed another FSB agent in the course of counter-subversive measures in the south of Ukraine.
The perpetrator was a resident of the village of Vradiivka, Mykolaiv region. The Russian special service involved him in secret cooperation through the banned social network “Vkontakte”.
At the behest of the occupiers, he collected intelligence on the locations and movements of units of the Defense Forces in the region.
First of all, the enemy was interested in the exact coordinates of Ukrainian troops and fortified areas in the regional center.
In addition, the traitor gave the invaders information about the location of critical infrastructure and its technical condition.
The intelligence was needed by the Russian occupiers to prepare as well as carry out targeted missile strikes on Ukrainian objects.
The SBU employees detained the attacker while trying to transfer classified information to the Russian Federation.
It was established that the person involved was recruited by the FSB after the start of the full-scale invasion.
He came to the attention of the aggressor due to his destructive activity in the Russian social network, where he spoke in support of the Kremlin regime and justified the war crimes of the Rashists.
According to the investigation, he was in constant contact with a blogger who lives in Russia and works for the FSB.
It was through him that he transmitted intelligence to the Russian invaders.
To do this, he created cartographic materials in Google Maps, where he marked Ukrainian objects with labels and sent them to the “relator” through anonymous messengers.
During searches of the detainee’s whereabouts, law enforcement officers found computer equipment and smartphones with evidence of correspondence with a representative of the aggressor country.
Currently, the suspect has been notified of suspicion under two articles of the Ukrainian Criminal Code:
▪️ Part 2 Art. 111 (treason committed under martial law);
▪️ Part 2, 3 Art. 436-2 (justification, recognition as legitimate, denial of armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, glorification of its participants).
The court chose a preventive steps in the form of detention.
The perpetrator faces up to 15 years in jail or life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
Investigative and operational actions were carried out by the SBU of the Mykolaiv region together with the National Police under the procedural knowledge of the Pervomai District Prosecutor’s Office.