Rivne agent of Russian Federation was preparing to blow up railroad tracks to disrupt supply of ammunition
Kyiv • UNN
An agent of the Russian GRU was detained in Rivne, who was preparing to blow up railroad tracks to disrupt the supply of ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The offender acted as part of a network and expected to receive 40% of $100,000 for the sabotage.
The SBU stopped a large-scale sabotage planned by the Russian GRU agent network. A resident of Rivne, recruited by the aggressor, was preparing to blow up railroad tracks and disrupt the supply of ammunition to the Armed Forces. This was reported by UNN with reference to SBU.
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SBU CI stopped large-scale sabotage at Ukrzaliznytsia facilities, exposing the Russian GRU agent network. The special operation helped neutralize a terrorist threat aimed at blowing up railroad tracks used to supply weapons and equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
One of the defendants in the case was a resident of Rivne who worked for the 316th Intelligence Center of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU), which is stationed in Crimea. He was preparing to commit sabotage by making a homemade brake shoe that was supposed to cause a train carrying ammunition for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to derail.
To record the crime, the agent installed several cameras disguised as bird nests for real-time video recording. The offender acted as part of an agent network that included two other people currently hiding in Crimea. The organizer of the network was 43-year-old Roman Yakymchuk, and the “liaison” who searched for and set tasks for the agent was a former law enforcement officer of Ukraine, Oleksandr Ignatiev.
Yakymchuk and Ignatiev asked the Russian GRU for funding in the amount of $100,000, of which 40% was promised to the agent. They planned to divide the remaining amount among themselves, concealing these actions from the Russian intelligence leadership.
Thanks to the SBU's prompt actions, the agent was detained in a timely manner and his activities were documented. Yakymchuk and Ignatiev were served suspicion notices in absentia, and the agent is in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
The defendants in the case are accused of several serious crimes. In particular, they are charged with high treason committed under martial law (Article 111, part 2), which provides for cooperation with an enemy state to harm the national security of Ukraine. In addition, they are accused of preparing and inciting sabotage under martial law (Art. 14(1), Art. 27(4), Art. 113(2)), which includes preparation for terrorist acts. The accomplices are also accused of illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives (Article 263, part 1).
The operation was conducted by the SBU in Kyiv and Kyiv region under the supervision of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.
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