Counter-intelligence officers from the Security Service of Ukraine detained a local unemployed woman in Sumy on suspicion of directing Russian attacks on the frontline city.
The SBU reported this.
It was established that, for cover and to avoid detection, the suspect changed four places of residence over the course of a week. These were homes and outbuildings belonging to people she knew, who were unaware that the woman was working for the enemy.
As the investigation found, the suspect tried to identify for the Russians the locations where border guards were based and the checkpoints of Ukraine’s Defence Forces on the outskirts of the regional centre.
To locate these sites, the suspect travelled around the city community on public minibuses and also carried out reconnaissance on foot.
SBU officers documented the agent’s crimes and detained her in one of the rented properties.
According to the case materials, the woman came to the FSB’s attention when she was looking for “easy” money in chats on themed Telegram channels. She passed the collected information to the enemy in the form of photos of potential “targets” with their coordinates on Google Maps.
During searches, two smartphones were seized from the detainee, which she used alternately for covert contacts with an FSB officer. His identity is currently being established by the Security Service’s counter-intelligence.
SBU investigators served the agent with a notice of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).
The suspect is being held in custody. She faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.