Russian "Grad" systems aimed at the border of Sumy region: a couple of Russian agents detained
Kyiv • UNN
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a couple of Russian intelligence agents who were preparing Grad attacks on Ukrainian troops defending the northeastern border, determining their locations and passing the coordinates to the occupiers.
SBU CI prevented a new series of Russian shelling of the border areas of Sumy region. A couple of Russian intelligence agents who were preparing attacks on the Armed Forces of Ukraine were detained. This was reported by the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine, UNN reports .
As a result of the special operation, a couple of Russian intelligence agents were detained red-handed as they were preparing attacks on the Ukrainian Armed Forces units defending the north-eastern borders of Ukraine,
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According to the available data, the occupiers planned to use various types of weapons, including BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers. In order to adjust the enemy attacks, the perpetrators had to identify the locations of Ukrainian troops and pass their coordinates to the invaders.
SBU officers learned about this aggressor's plan at the initial stage of Russian agents' intelligence activity. This allowed to take timely comprehensive measures to secure the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and detain both offenders when they were conducting additional reconnaissance near a potential target.
According to the investigation, the couple of unemployed locals worked remotely for the Russian special service through an anonymous chat in a messenger. To fulfill the enemy's task, the traitors traveled around the border in their own car, where they monitored the positions of the Defense Forces.
During the search, the detainees' cell phones were seized, which they used to mark the geolocations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Google maps.
The SBU investigators served both offenders a notice of suspicion under Part 2 Art. 28, Part 2 Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law by a group of persons by prior conspiracy). The offenders are in custody. They face life imprisonment.
