At the SSU’s initiative, the virtual crypto wallet of a russian citizen, who is sponsoring russia’s war in Ukraine, has been blocked. This man calls himself a volunteer and since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion has been collecting money for the invading army.

For the time of blocking, over USD 19,500 have accumulated at the russian’s account.

These funds have been seized and decision on their tracking and transfer to Ukrainian jurisdiction is pending.

The arrest was possible due to the evidence gathered by the SSU and the assistance of foreign crypto companies.

The investigation established that the ‘volunteer’ directed a significant portion of donations to purchase military gear for the militants of the terrorist organizations L/DNR.

Since the start of the invasion, he used social networks to promote the idea of financial assistance to illegal armed groups. For this, he created relevant photo and video content, distributed similar posts of his associates and reported how the collected funds had been used.

The terrorists’ sponsor was notified of suspicion of financing terrorism (Article 258-5.1 of the CCU).

Now, a similar fate awaits other russian ‘volunteers’ who sponsor the war in Ukraine.

The SSU blocked the illegal mechanism together with the National Police under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office.