Since the start of russia’s full-scale invasion, the SSU has served notices of suspicion to over 200 individuals who unlawfully disseminated information on the Defence Forces of Ukraine.

Through their actions, these persons helped the enemy prepare, carry out and adjust air strikes on our territory, including using cruise missiles and kamikaze drones.

The offenders were notified of suspicion under Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (unauthorized dissemination of information on shipment, movement of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, movement, transfer or deployment of the AFU or other lawful military formations).

The indictments against 190 of these suspects have been sent to court. They are facing up to 12 years in prison.

According to the investigations, in most cases citizens intentionally passed information to the aggressor about locations and movements of the AFU, the State Border Guard Service and the National Guard.

The enemy was primarily interested in coordinates of temporary deployment sites, movement routes and fortifications of Ukrainian defenders. ruscists also tried to identify firing positions of Ukrainian artillery and air defence systems.

For example, in late May this year the SSU detained an informant of the GRU (the main directorate of the general staff of russian armed forces) in Donetsk oblast. The man was trying to covertly record movement of Ukrainian military convoys crossing the Siverskyi Donets River in Bakhmut’s direction.

In another instance, the SSU promptly identified six Kyiv residents who illegally disseminated information on the operation of air defence forces during russia’s May 16 massive attack on the capital.

Four of the suspects have been notified of suspicion of committing a crime. Indictments have been sent to court against two of them. As for others, the investigation is ongoing.

The SSU once again stresses the ban to photograph, film and publish photos or footage of the activities of Ukraine’s Defence Forces and consequences of russian strikes.

Dissemination of such material (intentional or unintentional) is qualified as adjusting enemy fire - a crime punishable by law.

The SSU calls on owners of street webcams to stop online broadcasts from their devices in order not to help russia guide its missiles, and asks citizens to report streams from such cameras to the SSU’s official chatbot: t.me/stop_russian_war_bot.