The SSU has collected evidence against four high-ranking traitors from the former Crimean Territorial Command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

After the occupation, they betrayed the Oath and sided with the russian invaders, whom they are now helping carry out mass repressions against local resistance members.

The enemy’s henchmen are also involved in punitive raids on the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

For example, the SSU Military Counterintelligence has documented the criminal activities of Oleksandr Polonskyi, former deputy chief of the personnel directorate of the Internal Troops Crimean Territorial Command of Ukraine’s MIA.

While in office, he was one of the first to support the occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula and ‘swore allegiance to russia’.

For this, the invaders appointed him ‘deputy commander of a separate brigade of russia’s internal troops in the republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol’.

Another traitor is Vitaliy Stepanchuk, former deputy chief of the rear directorate of the disbanded Crimean Territorial Command of the Internal Troops of Ukraine’s MIA.

After joining the aggressor, he became ‘deputy chief of the logistics directorate of the russian guard in Sevastopol’.

In this ‘position’, he organised the logistics of fuel and food supplies for the ruscists involved in punitive measures in the temporarily occupied part of southern Ukraine.

Another traitor is Viktor Boyko, former deputy chief of the armaments directorate of the disbanded Internal Troops Crimean Territorial Command of Ukraine’s MIA.

He is currently a member of the command staff of the so-called ‘main directorate of the russian guard troops in the republic of Crimea and Sevastopol’.

Under his leadership, russian occupation groupings conduct so-called massive ‘cleansing’ of civilians in the occupied districts of Zaporizhzhia region and the left bank of Kherson region.

The SSU also documented criminal activities of Serhiy Svyrydenko, former deputy chief of the public security directorate of the disbanded Crimean Territorial Command of the Internal Troops of Ukraine’s MIA.

After Crimea was captured, he remained in Simferopol and joined the aggressor’s ranks. Occupation authorities appointed him chief of staff of the russian guard troops in Sevastopol.

Based on the evidence collected, all four defectors have been notified of suspicion under Article 111.1 of the CCU (high treason).

The operation is ongoing to establish the suspects’ location and bring them to justice for crimes against Ukraine.

The investigation was carried out under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.