In the Kharkiv region, the SSU Counterintelligence has detained another informant of the aggressor state. The perpetrator directed enemy fire at the Defence Forces stationed 10 km from the front line in the Vovchansk sector.

As the investigation revealed, among the enemy’s targets were the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s artillery, which keeps russian assault groups under fire control.

According to operational data, should the enemy have obtained the coordinates of Ukrainian troops, it planned to deliver precision strikes against them using super-heavy guided aerial bombs.

The SSU acted pre-emptively and caught the suspect ‘red-handed’ whilst he was conducting reconnaissance near the front line in his car, under the guise of a fishing trip.

In parallel with the operation to apprehend the informant, measures were taken to secure the defenders’ positions in the Kharkiv region.

The spotter turned out to be an unemployed resident of the Chuhuiv district, who came to the attention of russian intelligence services whilst seeking ‘easy’ money on Telegram channels.

Acting on instructions from the ruscists, their accomplice drove around the area near the front line in his car and recorded the deployment locations of Ukrainian troops.

At the scene of his arrest, a smartphone was seized from the informant, which he had used to gather intelligence and maintain contact with the aggressor state.

SSU investigators have notified the detainee of suspicion under Article 114-2.2 of the CCU (unauthorised disclosure of information regarding the movement or deployment of the AFU, committed under martial law).

The suspect is in custody without bail and faces up to 8 years’ imprisonment. The investigation is ongoing.

The operation was carried out by the SSU Office in the Kharkiv region under the procedural supervision of the regional Prosecutor’s Office.