According to Ukrinform, the SSU reported this.
The detainee turned out to be an employee of a well-known retail chain. It has been established that he was carrying out tasks for the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.
As the investigation revealed, following instructions from the enemy’s special service, the suspect would board a scheduled bus during his off-duty hours and travel to the Kharkiv region. From the bus window, he tracked the bases and movement routes of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and documented the aftermath of enemy strikes on the Poltava-Kharkiv highway.
The suspect first recorded the identified targets on his phone camera and then marked their coordinates on Google Maps for a report to his handler. The Russians hoped to use this intelligence to prepare a new series of missile and bomb strikes on the region.
SSU counterintelligence officers foiled the enemy’s plan, secured the locations of the Defense Forces, and detained the agent at his residence in Poltava.
The investigation revealed that the suspect came to the attention of the Russian special services while searching for “easy” money on Telegram channels. After being recruited, he created several accounts and nicknames, which he constantly changed to maintain encrypted communication with the FSB representative who was coordinating his activities.
It has been documented that after each communication session, the suspect deleted his correspondence with the enemy intelligence officer to maintain secrecy.
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During a search, law enforcement officers seized the detainee’s smartphone and computer equipment containing evidence of his activities on behalf of the Russian Federation.
Investigators charged the man under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine—treason under martial law.
The suspect is already in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
As reported by Ukrinform, two Russian agents were detained in the Donetsk region after being caught coordinating strikes on Kramatorsk and Lyman.
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