In Odesa region, law enforcement officers detained two citizens from the South Caucasus who were reconnoitering the locations of the Defense Forces in the region to prepare a missile strike by the Russian army. UNN reports this with reference to the SBU press service.
The Security Service foiled a new attempt by racists to inflict fire damage on the locations of the Defense Forces in Odesa region. The FSB engaged two of its agents, citizens of one of the South Caucasus countries who lived in Odesa, to carry out the hostile task
It is noted that, on the instructions of the Russian secret service , the defendants reconnoitered the locations of Ukrainian troops to record their coordinates on Google maps. After establishing the geolocations of the "desired" objects, the agents collected as much information as possible about the personnel, military equipment, and work patterns there. In this way, they reportedly hoped to identify the control points and combat units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in order to "report" to the FSB.
To gather intelligence, the agents walked the streets of the regional center and secretly recorded potential "targets". At the same time, they secretly used their connections among local residents to obtain information about the Ukrainian military.
The defendants also created a public organization in the city that operated under the guise of providing assistance for the legalization of foreign citizens in Ukraine. In fact, the NGO tried to recruit foreigners to its own network of informants, the SBU added.
In case of receiving intelligence, the occupiers planned to carry out a series of targeted missile and drone strikes on military infrastructure and combat positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The aggressor's accomplices were exposed at the initial stage of their reconnaissance and subversive activities. The Russian agents were detained while conducting additional reconnaissance near one of the facilities.
The SBU investigators served both individuals suspicion notices under Part 3 Art. 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The offenders face up to 12 years in prison.