Traitor attempted to poison Ukrainian Armed Forces command in Zaporizhzhia: detained
Kyiv • UNN
The Security Service of Ukraine detained an agent of the Russian Federal Security Service, a current Ukrainian serviceman, who tried to fatally poison commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia region by adding a poisonous substance to the water supply.
SBU Military Counterintelligence prevented a Russian sabotage against the Defense Forces Command on the southern front. As a result of a special operation, an FSB agent was detained who tried to fatally poison the commanders of an Armed Forces combat unit in Zaporizhzhia region. This was reported by the press service of the SBU, UNN reports .
The attacker was an active serviceman of the Ukrainian army. To commit the crime, he planned to add a poisonous substance to the water of a bath and laundry complex used by the command staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
Details
The SBU officers exposed the traitor's connection with the Russian special service in advance and documented his subversive activities against Ukraine step by step. This allowed to take a set of measures to protect Ukrainian defenders, as well as to detain the FSB agent at the stage of his preparation for the sabotage.
In addition, during the investigation, the SBU established that the offender was performing another task - reconnaissance for the FSB of the locations and movements of the Armed Forces units at the front line.
According to the investigation, the defendant was recruited through his parents, who live in the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region.
According to the investigation, the invaders kidnapped the man's relatives right from their home and then imprisoned them in a local Russian torture chamber. There, the victims were subjected to brutal torture, demanding that they persuade their son to work for the aggressor country.
Further communication between the traitor and his Russian "curator" took place through an anonymous chat in the messenger. During the search, the SBU seized the detainee's cell phone, which he used to communicate with the occupiers.
Based on the collected evidence, the SBU investigators served him a notice of suspicion under Part 2 Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law). The offender is currently in custody. He faces life imprisonment.
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