The SSU Counterintelligence exposed another FSB agent infiltrated into Ukraine. The offender was sent from the temporarily occupied Crimea to Kyiv a month before the full-scale invasion.

Under the cover of visiting relatives, the man was in a ‘sleeper’s mode’ for some time, and after receiving instructions to act, he was detained by the SSU.

The agent was performing the assignment of the russian special service to collect intelligence on locations and routes of the Defense Forces in Kyiv region.

He was supposed to pass the obtained information to the aggressor for planning and preparing acts of sabotage against Ukrainian military units and law enforcement agencies.

According to the investigation, the enemy accomplice is a former officer of the disbanded militia, who stayed in Sevastopol after his dismissal from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2014.

After the occupation of the Crimea, the officer defected to the invaders and was appointed to the local ‘police directorate of the russian federation’.

In this way, the individual came to the attention of the FSB, which recruited him for reconnaissance and subversive activities against Ukraine.

The agent underwent operational and combat training at FSB centers and was expecting deployment to the Ukraine-controlled territory.

He received such ‘command’ from the aggressor almost a month before the full-scale invasion.

To perform enemy tasks, the traitor tried to form an extensive network of informers. For this purpose, he used his connections among former law enforcement officers and criminals.

However, the spy failed to implement his criminal intentions. As a result of a multi-stage special operation, the SSU timely exposed, documented his unlawful actions and detained him.

During the search at the suspect’s place of temporary stay in Kyiv, the law enforcement found:

• internal russian passport and russian passport for traveling abroad;
• a mobile phone with evidence of covert correspondence with the FSB through an anonymous Telegram channel;
• evidence confirming that the agent completed a ‘special course’ in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

SSU investigators served the detainee a notice of suspicion under Article 111.1 of the CCU. Court chose custody as a measure of restraint.

The SSU Office in Kyiv and Kyiv region carried out the special operation under the procedural supervision of Kyiv Region Prosecutor’s Office.