The perpetrators face up to 10 years in prison.
The Security Service and the National Security Service of Ukraine have arrested a 40-year-old girl and her 40-year-old neighbor who worked for the Russian special services and set fire to military vehicles in Ivano-Frankivsk.
This was reported by the press service of the SBU.
“The defendants turned out to be a 24-year-old local resident and her 40-year-old neighbor, who was looking for quick money on the Internet. As a result, a hostile representative approached the woman and offered money in exchange for cooperation,” the report says.
The main targets of the “arsonists” were military vehicles that were undergoing maintenance in the Carpathian region after completing combat missions at the front.
The 24-year-old girl recruited an accomplice to the “case”. The perpetrator observed secrecy measures: he acted at night, hid his face and wore protective gloves.
The arsonist and his accomplice were detained hot on the heels of setting fire to a camouflaged minibus.
During the search, the detainees' mobile phones, which they used to coordinate their criminal actions and communicate with the customer, were seized.
Based on the evidence obtained, Security Service investigators notified both Russian accomplices of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 194 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional damage to property by arson).
The perpetrators are in custody. They face up to 10 years in prison.