The court sentenced a Russian agent to 14 years in prison for handing over the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk to the Russian aggressors, the SBU telegram channel reports..
The main task of the enemy agent was to identify the combat positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard in the Kramatorsk region. In addition, he transmitted the locations and routes of movement of Ukrainian law enforcement officers in the region..
The traitor was caught red-handed as a result of a special operation by the SBU counterintelligence in the Donetsk region in May this year.
It turned out to be a local resident who, after the start of a full-scale invasion, was recruited by a representative of the Russian special services..
He came into the field of view of the aggressor because of his pro-Kremlin views, which he repeatedly expressed among those around him.. The attacker talked about the “imminent” capture of the Ukrainian city and the establishment of pro-Russian power there.
On the instructions of the invaders, the traitor traveled around the territory of Kramatorsk and recorded the movement of Ukrainian troops.
The Russian agent passed the information to his curator in the form of geolocation tags on electronic maps. Anonymous messengers were used for communication.
For this, the attacker received a reward from Russian curators.
As a result of investigative and operational actions, SBU officers caught a Russian agent and documented his criminal actions.
Enemy plans to use the intelligence transmitted by the traitor for targeted missile strikes on Kramatorsk were thwarted.
Based on the collected evidence, the court found the defendant guilty of. 7 st. 111-1 (providing assistance to the aggressor state in conducting combat operations against the Armed Forces of Ukraine) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. He has a long 14 years ahead of him behind barbed wire and the stigma of a traitor.
As previously reported, a UOC-MP priest who “leaked” the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Severodonetsk received 12 years in prison..