As a result of a multi-stage special operation , 9 Russian agents were simultaneously detained in Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy, as well as in Donetsk, Odesa and Kirovohrad regions.
For the sake of conspiracy , the defendants acted separately , butwere “locked in” to one FSB officer. He has already been identified by the Security Service.
On the instructions of a Russian intelligence officer , the agents collected coordinates for to target the Defense Forces and critical infrastructure.
The enemy group included two officials. One of them is an official at the Dnipro City Council, and the other is the head of a department at the Yuzhne City Council in Odesa Oblast.
They established the locations of air defense systems and key power substations to adjust Russian shelling on the territory of both regions.
Two more agents were reconnoitering the locations of fortifications and positions of Ukrainian heavy artillery near Pokrovsk and Chasovyi Yar.
Their accomplice was collecting information about the locations of the and military equipment of Kurakhove’s defenders in Donetsk Oblast.
Also among the Russian agents were two managers and a university student, who recorded the movement of Ukrainian army echelons towards the eastern front.
Another traitor was an ex-officer of the disbanded police force, who “reported” to the occupiers on the consequences of the Russian attack on one of Ukraine’s hydroelectric power plants.
According to the investigation, the defendants came to the attention of the FSB as active “commentators” on pro-Kremlin Telegram channels.
After remote recruitment , the traitors communicated with their Russian handler through anonymous chatbots in a popular messenger.
During the searches , cell phones with evidence of intelligence and subversive activities in favor of Russia were seized from the detainees .
SBU investigators have now served them a notice of suspicion under Part 1 of the law. 2 Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).
The offenders are in custody. They face life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
