As the representative of the committee noted, an embassy employee is accused of espionage. It is noted that Pavel Sharoiko admitted that he is an employee of the military intelligence staff and worked under cover.

He also confirmed that the coordination of his intelligence activities was carried out by Igor Skvortsov, an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, acting under the guise of an adviser to the Ukrainian Embassy in Belarus.

For activities that are not compatible with diplomatic status, Skvortsov is declared persona non grata. Let's note, on a site of embassy of Ukraine in Belarus it is specified, that Skvortsov holds a post of the first secretary.

As previously reported in "URA-Inform", in the terrorist "Lugansk People's Republic" the so-called court sentenced a 21-year-old fan of the football club "Zarya" Vladislav Ovcharenko to 17 years in a strict-regime prison for espionage in favor of Ukraine.