The counterintelligence service of the Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent in Zaporizhia. The woman came to the city under the guise of a volunteer, but was in fact carrying out the task of the Russian Federation of identifying the locations of the Armed Forces.
As described by the Security Service of Ukraine, an inhabitant of the occupied Poviat of Zaporizhia Oblast was recruited by the Russian secret services at the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
From her Russian “curator” she received the “007” call sign and instructions to conduct reconnaissance and subversive activities in the region. To disguise her actions, the attackers’ accomplice introduced herself as a local volunteer. In the temporarily occupied territory, thanks to her personal contacts, she collected information about participants of the guerrilla movement in the south in order to further identify them.
The agent’s next task was to establish contacts with Ukrainian defenders in order to determine the places of deployment and movement of the Armed Forces units. She planned to transmit the obtained coordinates, as well as data on the number and equipment of the Armed Forces to the Russians through a specially created anonymous Telegram channel.
SBU employees exposed and neutralized the perpetrator. The court chose a preventive measure for her in the form of arrest. The investigative activities were carried out by employees of the SBU of Zaporizhia Oblast under the procedural leadership of the Zaporozhye District Prosecutor’s Office.
