“This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine on September 30. In the spring of 2023, criminals were preparing a series of terrorist attacks against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and special forces of the SBU, who…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
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The head of the FSB agent group, which operated in Zaporozhye, received a life sentence. The court sentenced his accomplice to 15 years in prison. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine on September 30.
In the spring of 2023, criminals were preparing a series of terrorist attacks against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and special forces of the Security Service of Ukraine, who are carrying out combat missions on the southern front.
“To do this, the agents monitored the places of temporary bases and movement routes of Ukrainian defenders in the territory of the region,” the report says.
They sent the received information to the FSB in the form of marks of military objects on Google maps with a detailed description and photos.
“According to the received coordinates, the occupiers planned to carry out targeted strikes using missile weapons,” the SBU explained.
The FSB was also preparing a plan for the physical elimination of Ukrainian servicemen through the activation of explosive devices that were to be installed in areas where the Defense Forces were concentrated.
To prepare terrorist attacks, the enemy agents received money from their Russian curators, which went to the bank details of the group’s resident.
SBU counter-intelligence agents exposed the agents in advance, documented their crimes step by step, and detained them during a special operation in Zaporizhzhia in early May 2023.
As the investigation established, the resident of the group turned out to be a 52-year-old local resident. He came to the attention of the occupiers because of his pro-Kremlin views, which he demonstratively expressed among those around him.
At the end of December 2022, he was recruited remotely by an FSB staff member and assigned a task.
“In order to carry out the instructions of the Russian special agent, his henchman involved an accomplice. This accomplice worked as a driver for the head of one of the district administrations of the regional center. Subsequently, the resident involved five more residents of the region in the group,” the SBU said.
During the searches, automatic weapons, ammunition for them, combat grenades, as well as mobile phones with evidence of crimes were seized from the perpetrators.
According to the materials of the Security Service, the court found the resident of the group and his accomplice, the official’s driver, guilty of Part 2 of Art. 28 and Part 2 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason committed under martial law by a prior conspiracy by a group of persons).
As for other members of the enemy cell, investigations are ongoing.
As ArmiyaInform reported, the SBU detained a Russian agent who was spying on air defense sites in Cherkasy region.
