The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained another collaborator in Kharkiv city who cooperated with russia at the beginning of the full-scale war.

This is a former employee of a telecommunications company from Kupiansk who supported the aggressor after the city was captured.

For this, in the spring of 2022, the occupants appointed him as a "technical director" of a local TV provider.

Then the defendant immediately ordered to "cut off" subscribers from broadcasting Ukrainian TV channels and Internet services.

Instead of broadcasters of our state, the collaborator "connected" most of the city and neighboring villages to the TV broadcasts of rosTv.

In this way, the racists used the technological capabilities of the local provider to massively spread kremlin propaganda among the community.

After the release of the district center, the collaborator moved to Kharkiv city, where he tried to avoid justice by constantly changing the addresses of rented apartments.

SSU officers tracked down the offender and detained him at his place of temporary residence in the regional center.

In addition, his accomplice was identified. He was another resident of Kupiansk, who during the occupation got a job as a "financial director" of a local TV provider.

Based on the evidence collected by the SSU officers, the detainee was served a notice of suspicion under Part 2 Art. 28, Part 6 Art. 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (collaboration). The offender is in custody. He faces 12 years in prison.

The criminal actions of his accomplice, who is hiding in the temporarily occupied part of the territory of our country, were also qualified under the same article.

The operation was conducted by the SSU Office in Kharkiv region jointly with the National Police under the procedural supervision of the Kupiansk District Prosecutor's Office.