The Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent in Chernivtsi who was spying on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine and border guards. This is reported by the website of the SBU.

Agent of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU) was detained during a multi-stage special operation. The attacker collected intelligence for the occupiers about the locations of the Defense Forces and critical infrastructure facilities in the eastern and western regions of Ukraine. First of all, the enemy was interested in the locations of the SBU and State Border Service units, as well as the exact coordinates of key bridges and electrical substations in the Kharkiv region and Bukovina.

SBU officers detained a Russian agent in Chernivtsi when he was secretly photographing a military facility. According to the investigation, the aggressor's henchman turned out to be a local resident who moved to Kharkiv in 2021 and worked there as an Internet setup technician.. After the start of the full-scale invasion, he began to actively disseminate pro-Kremlin narratives on his page on the banned Odnoklassniki social network.. Thus, in February of this year, the man came to the attention of Russian military intelligence.. Then he was remotely contacted by a staff member of the GRU, who offered tacit cooperation in favor of the aggressor country.

While in Kharkov, the enemy agent followed the instructions of his Russian " In addition, he transmitted to the occupiers the geolocation of local energy facilities.. Soon, the person involved received a new task - to return to Chernivtsi, allegedly in order to visit relatives..

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Although in fact the purpose of the trip was to spy on the regional department of the SBU, the border detachment and the local military registration and enlistment office. Also in the center of attention of the attacker were the transport bridges of the region - their coordinates and security system. On the basis of the collected evidence, the investigators of the Security Service informed the Russian agent about the suspicion of. 2 st. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).

Earlier it was reported that the Security Service of Ukraine exposed and detained a resident of Zaporozhye during the execution of an enemy mission..