The SBU Military Counterintelligence jointly with the Armed Forces of Ukraine prevented the escape of an FSB agent who was adjusting strikes in Kharkiv region. The man was a former conscript of one of the military units of the Defense Forces, who, on the eve of his discharge, cooperated with the FSB. This was reported by the press service of the SBU, according to UNN.
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According to the investigation, following a tip-off from an FSB mole, the invaders planned to fire on the civilian infrastructure of one of the frontline cities in Kharkiv region.
The perpetrator was detained near the contact line in the Kupyansk sector when he was trying to secretly reach the occupiers' positions. There, he was to be met by Russian soldiers wearing a St. George's ribbon insignia on their sleeves.
Later, they planned to bring the informant to the FSB "branch" in the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region.
The Russian informant was a former conscript of a military unit of the Defense Forces, who, on the eve of his discharge, cooperated with the FSB
He was prompted to take this "step" by his parents, who live in the temporarily occupied territory in eastern Ukraine and are under the surveillance of the Russian special services. Through them, the occupiers "agreed" with the conscript to pass on the coordinates of potential targets and offered him a plan for further escape after "demobilization.
They used anonymous messenger chats to communicate. According to the investigation, the defendant sent the "necessary" geolocations to the enemy in the form of marks on a Google map.
Based on the evidence collected, he was served a notice of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (unauthorized dissemination of information on the movement or deployment of the Armed Forces or other military formations formed in accordance with the laws of Ukraine, committed under martial law).
The SBU reported that the detainee is currently in custody. He faces up to 8 years in prison.