SSU exposes russian agent who corrected occupiers' air strikes on Sloviansk

The Security Service of Ukraine’s Counterintelligence Directorate has detained another russian agent in the Donetsk Region. The suspect was directing russian missile, bomb, and drone attacks on Sloviansk and surrounding areas. It was reported in a statement by the SSU.

The investigation revealed that the spotter was a local unemployed woman recruited by the enemy. To recruit the woman, russian intelligence officers enlisted her son—a member of armed groups in the Southern Military District of the aggressor country, the russian federation, who is fighting on the eastern front.

Using the militant son as a “liaison,” the russians instructed the agent to track the temporary bases of the Defense Forces in the frontline city and its surroundings.

Once the relevant coordinates were obtained, the enemy hoped to carry out precision strikes on those locations using kamikaze drones, super-heavy guided bombs, and missile weapons.

To gather intelligence, the perpetrator covertly probed acquaintances for “news” about the defenders of the Donetsk Region under the guise of casual conversation.

Subsequently, the woman established an additional channel of intelligence communication through a former resident of Sloviansk who had moved to the aggressor country, the russian federation, and administers a Telegram channel used by russians to gather information about the Defense Forces.

For her, the agent recorded voice messages in which she "leaked" the locations and movement routes of Ukrainian troops in the Kramatorsk direction.

"The Security Service exposed and systematically documented the crimes of the enemy spotter. After securing the Defense Forces’ locations, SSU officers detained the agent. During searches, her smartphone—which she used to collect intelligence and maintain agent communications—was seized," law enforcement officials said.

Security Service investigators informed her that she is suspected of treason committed under martial law (Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The suspect is currently in custody. She faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.

The investigation is ongoing to bring all members of the russian federation’s spy network to justice.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the Security Service’s military counterintelligence and the State Bureau of Investigation exposed another agent of the aggressor country, the russian federation, within the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He turned out to be an inspector of the State Border Guard Service recruited by the enemy, who was coordinating shelling of Ukraine’s northern regions.

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