In Kyiv, the SSU detained an agent of russia’s military intelligence (known as ‘the GRU’). He adjusted missile and drone strikes on the city and carried out arson attacks on facilities of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways).

The aggressor’s priority targets were thermal power plants, power line poles, and power equipment at railway junctions.

The perpetrator is a resident of Kharkiv. The russian military intelligence recruited him on one of the Telegram channels, where he was looking for easy money.

On the GRU instructions, the agent arrived in Kyiv and rented an apartment in a high-rise building with a view of a local thermal power plant.

In the apartment, he installed a video camera with remote access software that allowed the russians to monitor the energy facility in real time.

Next, the traitor equipped a similar ‘observation post’ in another rented apartment near the capital.

He also installed camouflaged video recording devices, the so-called video traps, to track strikes on power lines.

In this way, the aggressor planned to record consequences of new air strikes on Kyiv region as well as identify air defense locations by tracking the launches of missiles on the videos.

After equipping the observation posts, the agent returned to Kharkiv under the pretext of visiting his parents. In fact, he was going to set fire to a relay cabinet on a strategic railway line.

The SSU Counterintelligence documented the suspect’s actions and detained him in one of the rented apartments in Kyiv. At that time, he was setting up another video camera for online recording of air attacks on the city.

During the searches, the SSU seized phones and video devices with evidence of reconnaissance and sabotage against Ukraine.

SSU investigators served the detainee a notice of suspicion under Article 111.2 of the CCU (high treason, committed under martial law).

The suspect is in custody and faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.

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