The security service detained an enemy informant who collected data on the defense of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant. The traitor turned out to be a resident of Yuzhnoukrainsky, whom the Russian special service attracted to collect information in February 2023, the SBU reported..

“The attacker collected intelligence about the locations and the number of units of the Defense Forces that guard the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant. The occupiers needed classified information to prepare targeted missile strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities,” the SBU said..

For the transfer of information, the traitor received money from his curators. In particular, employees of the Ukrainian intelligence service recorded that the informer received 2,000 hryvnias of “advance” from the enemy..

The traitor was detained when he photographed one of the critical infrastructure. His mobile phone was confiscated, where they found evidence of crimes. The enemy noticed the Ukrainian traitor because he published pro-Russian messages in one of the Russian Telegram channels.

The court has already sent the attacker into custody.

An investigation is ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the crime..

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Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russians have repeatedly engaged in nuclear terrorism, seizing the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and launching missiles over Ukrainian nuclear power plants. In particular, during another massive Russian missile attack in February, two enemy cruise missiles were recorded at the South Ukrainian NPP, which could have hit a nuclear reactor..