“According to the SBU, a former military instructor from one of the European countries gave the Russian Federation official information about the Defense Forces of Ukraine and was preparing to commit terrorist attacks”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the press service of the department, a former military instructor from one of the European countries passed official information on the Defense Forces of Ukraine to the Russian Federation and was preparing to commit terrorist attacks.
According to the investigation, at the beginning of 2024, a foreigner with professional skills in fire and tactical training arrived in Ukraine to work as an instructor for the training of mobilized soldiers, and after a few months he stopped this work and began to offer his services to the Russian special services for “easy earnings” by leaving “advertisements” in various pro-Kremlin Internet groups.
The SBU claims that he was later contacted by an FSB employee who, after recruitment, began to give the foreigner tasks, including the transfer of information about foreign instructors of the Defense Forces, the coordinates of the training centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of Ukraine, where he trained the mobilized.
But, according to the SBU, the man was exposed in advance and detained at his place of temporary residence in Kyiv. He was informed of the suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (unauthorized dissemination of information about the location of the Armed Forces or other military formations formed in accordance with the laws of Ukraine, committed under martial law). The investigation is ongoing.
The SBU does not specify the nationality of the detainee. The Prosecutor General’s Office clarifies that he is a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. At the request of the OGP, the court chose a preventive measure for him in the form of detention without bail.
The British Embassy has not yet commented on this message.
Ukrainian law enforcement officers regularly report the detention of persons they call Russian agents. They are suspected of treason, sabotage on the order of the Russian special services.