Based on the evidence collected by the SSU, the court has convicted a russian spy who, while in the aggressor state, created an agent network in Ukraine.

The offender is Oleksandr Ivanchenko, a serving officer of the FSB office in Krasnoyarsk krai.

The investigation established that Ivanchenko had been preparing terrorist attacks against Ukrainian Defence Forces and gathering information from the frontline regions of Ukraine. He did this through several agents whom he supervised personally.

For instance, in 2017, the FSB serviceman recruited a Kyiv resident and after several ‘test’ assignments put him on standby.

When russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ivanchenko activated his asset and instructed him to arrive in Chernivtsi region.

There, the agent was to identify and pass to the aggressor locations of railway junctions and logistic warehouses used for temporary basing and transfer of Ukrainian troops to the front.

Occupiers needed the intelligence to carry out a series of explosions at infrastructure facilities in Bukovyna.

However, the SSU was proactive and detained the enemy informant earlier this year.

The FSB officer also collected information from Ukraine’s frontline areas.

He was particularly interested in accurate coordinates of the SSU units and the Azov special forces regiment.

The SSU blocked all attempts of the russian spy to obtain the information he needed.

Based on the evidence collected, the court found Ivanchenko guilty of espionage (Article 114.1 of the CCU) and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Since the convict is hiding in russia, comprehensive efforts are underway to bring him to justice for crimes against Ukraine.

The SSU Office in Chernivtsi region conducted the investigation under the procedural supervision of the regional Prosecutor’s Office.