Hunted for Himars near Slavyansk: SBU detained the Russian agent (photo)
This was reported in the SBU press service. According to the investigation, he tried to identify the points of base of Ukrainian air defense complexes and rocket launchers, in particular M142 Himars. The person involved was interested in the places of the greatest concentration of personnel and military equipment in the Slavyansk area. The informant disseminated the information obtained through one of the hostile channels.
"However, thanks to the prompt response of the SBU, it was possible to disrupt the hostile plans to carry out sighting shelling of Ukrainian objects," - the message reads. According to the investigation, the person involved is a 43-year-old resident who supported Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine. He wrote about it repeatedly in pro-Kremlin telegrams.
Then the informant began to "drain" into the FSB chatbot closed information about the places of base and the indicative number of Ukrainian troops in the Slavic direction. To collect information, the informant personally bypassed the city and the surrounding settlements, where he was hidden recorded the dislocations and routes of the movement of units of the Armed Forces.
During the search, a mobile phone was removed from the detainee, which he used in intelligence and subversive activities in favor of Russia. Investigators of the Security Service informed the person being suspected under Part 3 of Art. 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (unauthorized dissemination of information on the movement, movement or placement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, committed in the conditions of martial law). He is in custody. He faces up to 12 years in prison.
It should be noted that on January 3, the SBU staff exposed bloggers who posted videos and photos of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces during the shelling on January 2. The materials they placed on social networks appeared on the enemy media resources, explained in the special service. For similar actions, citizens are threatened with up to 12 years in prison. On January 4, searches at Kyivgum took place, the press service of the department said.