The SSU exposed another two collaborators who, after working with ruscists in temporarily occupied Luhansk region, came to Kyiv and tried to avoid punishment.

The offenders were the owners of an alcoholic beverage plant in the temporarily occupied city of Sievierodonetsk.

Following russia’s full-scale invasion, the offenders refused to move the company's production facilities to the territory controlled by Ukraine.

They registered their company under "russian law" and opened accounts in local "branches" of russian banks.

Later, the criminals left an "authorized person " in Sievierodonetsk to control the plant's operations, and moved to Kyiv, from where they coordinated the business.

They sold the products of the plant through their own restaurant and an extensive network of sales outlets in the occupied part of eastern Ukraine.

At the same time, the "profits" were regularly transferred to the budget of the aggressor state as "taxes" and "fees".

In addition, they regularly paid bribes to the local occupation administration of the russian federation in return for free business.

Based on the evidence collected, SSU officers detained one of the organizers of the criminal activity in Kyiv. The searches of his home revealed over UAH 2 mln (USD 54,000) and documents with evidence of the transactions.

Another organizer of the scam was detained in the city of Khmelnytskyi on an attempt to flee abroad.

The investigation is ongoing to bring to justice the third suspect who is hiding in the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region.

The offenders were notified of suspicion under Articles 28-3 and 111-1.4 of the CCU (collaboration activities committed as part of an organized criminal group).

The operation was carried out under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office.