Spied on the convoys of the Armed Forces: another Russian informer was detained in Mykolaiv
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15:27, 14 March, 2024
The SBU detained an FSS informant who set up an «observation point» behind the columns of the Armed Forces in his own apartment.
This is reported by the Security Service of Ukraine.
According to the agency, from the windows of the apartment, the man watched the intensity of movement of the units of the Armed Forces along one of the key highways in the direction of the front line.
During the movement of Ukrainian military equipment, the attacker tried to establish its approximate number, in particular, he paid special attention to heavy weapons, the SBU notes.
Despite the conspiracy of the Russian informer, SSU employees still exposed him and documented the facts of intelligence and subversive activities.
The police arrested the man «red handed».
During the detention, the perpetrator and his son physically resisted the law enforcement officers in order to escape from the scene. However, he did not succeed.
According to the investigation, the suspect was in contact with pro-Kremlin blogger Serhii Lebediev (known under the pseudonym «Lokhmatyi» ), who is hiding in Donetsk and works for the FSS.
I maintained communication with him through an anonymous chat in the messenger. There he taught intelligence «reports».
During the search of the detainee's apartment, a mobile phone with evidence of criminal activity was seized.
Currently, the investigators of the Security Service informed him of the suspicion under part 3 of Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (unauthorized dissemination of information about the dispatch, movement of weapons, movement, movement or deployment of the Armed Forces committed under martial law).
The perpetrator is in custody. He faces 12 years in prison.
As a reminder, the SSU detained a lyceum employee in Mykolaiv, who is suspected of working for the information and psychological operations unit of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (MDI).
Subsequently, the Security Service of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv region hatched a Russian agent network of 13 local residents who worked for the FSS.
Earlier it was reported that the Security Service detained another FSS informant in Mykolaiv, he was collecting intelligence about the bases and movements of the Defense Forces in the region.
In addition, a former law enforcement officer was detained in the Mykolayiv region, who, while in office, gave false information to Ukrainian defenders about the routes of movement of enemy military equipment.
The SBU detained a man in the Mykolaiv region who worked as a tactical training instructor, where under the guise of training, he scouted locations of bases of personnel, military equipment and warehouses of the Defense Forces.