The military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) prevented attempts by the aggressor country of the russian federation to eliminate the commander of the 3rd Army Corps of the Defense Forces, Andrii Biletskyi. The special service detained a russian agent who was preparing a targeted missile and bomb strike on the location of the Ukrainian general in the combat zone. This is stated in the SSU report.
According to the SSU, in order to correct the air attack, russian special services recruited a UAV operator from another brigade performing tasks in the Kharkiv Region.
The investigation showed that the attacker tried to obtain information about the time and place of the arrival of the general of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the positions of his unit. To collect intelligence, the agent used his access to official information, and also tried to covertly ask for "classified" information from his colleagues.
At the same time, the enemy agent was supposed to "leak" the location of his brigade's headquarters and training center to the occupiers, on which the enemy was preparing a separate attack.
"SSU employees worked ahead of time and exposed the russian "mole" at the initial stage of his espionage activities. After that, his contacts with the russians were gradually documented and the locations of the relevant Defense Forces were secured. At the final stage of the special operation, the agent was detained on the territory of the garrison. The smartphone from which he kept in touch with the occupiers was seized," the SSU said.
According to law enforcement officials, the attacker was recruited by russian special services through his ex-wife, who lives in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia Region and works for the russian federation.
To conceal his connection with the enemy, the agent regularly deleted messages from his correspondence.
SSU investigators served the "mole" with suspicion of treason (Part 2, Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The attacker is currently in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the SSU detained a russian agent "red-handed" who was preparing a terrorist attack in the center of Rivne.
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