“The SBU detained a demobilized conscript who started working for the military intelligence of the Russian Armed Forces Zaporizhzhya SBU detained a 22-year-old demobilized conscript of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, recruited by Russian intelligence. He collected data on Ukrainian troops on the southern front to prepare for enemy strikes.”, — write on: unn.ua
The security service detained an agent of the Russian military intelligence in Zaporizhzhia. The intruder was spying on Ukrainian troops engaged in hostilities on the southern front. To obtain intelligence, the occupiers recruited a 22-year-old demobilized conscript who previously served in one of the military garrisons of Ukraine
According to SBU counterintelligence data, the enemy was most interested in the geolocations of command posts, ammunition depots, and fortified areas of the Defense Forces in the Zaporozhye region. The occupiers also wanted to learn about the main routes of movement, the estimated number and names of the combat equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is heading to the front line, the special service reported.
“The young man came to the attention of the military intelligence of the Russian Federation through his parents, who live in the temporarily occupied part of the territory of the Zaporizhia region and cooperate with the Russian special service,” the SBU said.
In May of this year, as reported, he retired to the reserve and settled in the regional center.
“Later, a staff member of the 316th Intelligence Center of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (better known as the game), based in Sevastopol, contacted him remotely,” the SBU said. the unit in which the former soldier served. Then, on the instructions of the Russian Federation, the traitor began to go around the front-line city, where he secretly recorded the locations of the units of the Armed Forces and the bridges through which they move in the direction of the front line.”
The identity of the occupier has already been established by SBU employees.
According to the SBU, the enemy planned to use intelligence information to prepare attacks on the Defense Forces using guided aerial bombs, kamikaze drones and heavy artillery.
The security service worked ahead of time and arrested the agent “in the act” when he was conducting reconnaissance near a military facility. At the scene, a mobile phone was seized from the detainee, which he used to communicate with his Russian supervisor.
The detainee was informed of the suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 111 (treason committed under martial law) of the Criminal Code. He is in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
They were preparing attacks on defense plants and air defense systems in Zaporozhye: the SBU neutralized an agent group of the Russian military intelligenceSeptember 17, 2024, 07:14 • 18469 views