In Nikolaev, the counterintelligence of the SBU detained the agent of the Federal Service of Russia (FSB), who transferred information on the security of the position of defense forces of Ukraine. The agent was a 35-year-old man with a criminal past, recruited while in a colony in Russia. On the task of the FSB, he came to Nikolaev and began to actively collect information about the location of Ukrainian military and equipment, transmitting this data through a mobile phone.
As the agent got to Nikolaev
Before the start of a full -scale war, the person already had problems with the law. After the Russian invaders seized Kherson, it was transported to one of the colonies in Russia, where he was recruited by Russian special services. In the task of the FSB, he came to Nikolaev, began to collect information about the positions of the Ukrainian military. To do this, he photographed objects and talking to the local, trying to get your data. He passed all the information collected through his mobile phone to his curator.
Detention and removal of evidence
SBU staff detained the agent during a search at his place of residence, where a mobile phone was removed by evidence of contact with the Russian curator. Thanks to the operational measures of SBU staff, the spy was temporarily terminated and the possibility of loss among the Ukrainian military managed to prevent.
Legal qualification and prospects
Investigators of the SBU informed the attacker about the conviction under Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine-the unauthorized dissemination of information on the deployment of the Armed Forces in the conditions of martial law. For this he faces up to 12 years in prison. The issue of additional qualification of his actions as a state betrayal is also resolved.
This special operation is another step in the fight against Russian espionage, which continues to threaten Ukraine's national security.
