In Mykolaiv, the SSU has detained a traitor who passed information to the FSB on consequences of russian air strikes on critical infrastructure in the region.

For example, the woman provided the aggressor with photos and videos from the sites of hits on two industrial facilities, including a local oil depot.

The informant sent the data to the pro-russian blogger Serhiy Lebedev (better known as ‘Lokhmatyi’), working for the FSB from the temporarily occupied Donetsk.

The enemy propagandist sent the intelligence to the russian special service to prepare new and adjust repeated air strikes on Mykolaiv oblast.

In addition, the FSB’s loyal blogger used the received media files to prepare paid-for stories for the kremlin’s international mouthpiece RIA Novosti.

According to the investigation, the traitor is a local businesswoman who after the start of russia’s full-scale invasion regularly published anti-Ukrainian comments on the aggressor state’s social media.

Later, she contacted ‘Lokhmatyi’ and continued communication with him through a specially created Telegram channel.

During the search, the SSU seized the mobile phone used by the suspect in her reconnaissance and sabotage activities for russia’s benefit.

Based on the evidence, SSU investigators notified the detained informant of suspicion under Article 111.2 of the CCU (high treason committed under martial law).

The suspect is in custody, facing life imprisonment. The investigation is ongoing.

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