He collected intelligence about the Defense Forces in the Nikolaev region.
In Nikolaev, an enemy spy received 15 years in prison, reports
The attacker tried to establish the exact coordinates of the deployment of Ukrainian defenders defending the regional center. Previously, he was interested in the geolocation of fortified areas and firing positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
The aggressor needed intelligence information to prepare targeted air attacks on the city using Shahed-type kamikaze drones.
The security service detained the attacker in February 2023, when he tried to transmit intelligence information about the location of defense facilities to the occupiers.
According to SBU materials, the court sentenced him to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
As the investigation established, the traitor is a resident of the village of Vradievka, whom the FSB recruited because of the forbidden social network Vkontakte. He came to the attention of the Russian intelligence service as an active user of Russian Internet resources, where he wrote comments in support of an aggressive war against Ukraine.
It was established that the attacker communicated with the FSB because of a “messenger” in the temporarily occupied parts of the territory in eastern Ukraine. To carry out hostile tasks, the agent drove around the area in his own car and secretly recorded the “necessary” objects with his phone camera. activities in favor of the Russian Federation.
Based on the collected evidence, the court found the attacker guilty under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
- ch. 2 tbsp. 111 (high treason committed under martial law);
- ch. 1 tbsp. 110 (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine);
- chch. 2, 3 tbsp. 436-2 (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, glorification of its participants). Earlier in Nikolaev, a tactical training instructor who turned out to be a Russian agent received 15 years in prison. In particular, he reconnoitered the locations of personnel, military equipment and ammunition depots.
