The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). Photo: facebook.com/SecurSerUkraine
The SBU CI exposed and detained a Russian FSB agent who was collecting intelligence on Ukrainian military aviation and passing it to the enemy. This was reported by the SBU press centre.
What we know:
- The detainee is a 41-year-old resident of Zhytomyr region, unemployed
- Recruited by the FSB in February 2014 via Telegram
- His task was:
- Identify the coordinates of the operational airfields of the Defence Forces in Khmelnytskyi region
- Establish schedules for combat flights of Ukrainian aircraft
- Ensure that the airfield is hit when there is the most equipment there
To spy, he set up an observation post on the roof of a private house using binoculars.
What’s next:
- SBU documents actions of traitor
- He was served a notice of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – high treason under martial law
- The court chose to hold him in custody without bail
- He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property
