“According to the SBU representative, also to fulfill their tasks the special service of the Russian Federation recruits unemployed (55%) and people with different types of addiction”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, also for the fulfillment of their tasks the special services of the Russian Federation recruit unemployed (55%) and people with different types of addiction.
“The Russians recruit for their tasks mainly minors, unemployed and people with different types of addiction. Well, for example, narcotic, alcohol or play. According to our statistics, 22% of exposed malefactors are minors, 55% are unemployed, and 7% of perpetrators had a criminal record for various crimes. These people are easier for psychological manipulations because young people are not able to fully evaluate the consequences of their actions, and the dependent money is needed at any cost, ”he says.
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Dekhtyarenko noted that the car of the Armed Forces and diversions on the railway were intensified in May 2024, but to recruit for the organization of explosions, including children, began from the beginning of 2025.
“The Army of the Armed Forces and diversions on the railway have been intensified since May 2024. And since the beginning of 2025, the special services of the Russian Federation have once again shown that they did not have any red lines and they have moved to terrorist attacks using explosives. And for such crimes, even teenagers are recruited. The youngest performers of Russian orders, which the SBU exposed on the arson of the relay cabinets of Ukrzaliznytsia were 13-year-old teenage agents. The oldest is a 52-year-old man who tried to lay explosives in the Dnieper, ”the SBU spokesman said.
“Cases of recruitment of children began to appear from April last year (2024 – ed.) And the peak of their number was in late summer – early autumn last year. Then the trend began to fall, but if in the beginning there were some simple tasks, if you can say so – from the basements of relay cabinets and cars, now, as we see, teenagers are recruited to perform various sabotage and terrorist tasks … At the same time, we observe a rapid increase in police appeals.
“Having some sensitive information about the child, or personal, or one that concerns already completed simple tasks, the curator can be blackmailed for its disclosure,” says Bogdan.
The police are urging to contact the law enforcement officers of teenagers, their parents, teachers, if such attempts were known.
The Security Service of Ukraine regularly reports the detention of Russian agents, exposing and preventing terrorist acts prepared by the agents of special services of the Russian Federation, in particular at military and civilian facilities. The SBU records the attempts to use recruited Ukrainians for terrorist attacks and calls for citizens to report suspicious proposals.
The Security Service of Ukraine reported on January 15, more than 450 suspects of arson during 2024 were reported.
Earlier, the project of investigations of Radio Liberty “Schemes” found that Russian intelligence services are massively used by minor Ukrainians to arson the cars of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces and the buildings of the Tax Code within the misinformation campaign of the Russian Federation, the purpose of which is to show that there is an active underground in Ukraine.