Based on evidence collected by the Security Service, a couple of FSB agents, detained in April 2024 in Shostka district of Sumy region, have been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.

The investigation established that the perpetrators were a husband and wife who guided russian BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher strikes at the region.

The enemy’s targets were the Defence Forces units defending the north-eastern borders of Ukraine.

According to the investigation, russia’s federal security service first recruited a 63-year-old woman via a Telegram channel. She then involved her 68-year-old husband, who shared her pro-kremlin views, in the cooperation with the aggressor.

The traitors drove around the border area of Sumy oblast in their car, tracking positions of Ukrainian defenders and reporting to their handler in russia.

The man also justified russia’s armed aggression in his communications with those around him and called on Ukrainians to lay down their arms before the occupiers.

The Security Service caught the agents red-handed when they set out on a new reconnaissance mission.

Their smartphones, containing the geolocations of the Defence Forces marked on Google Maps and communication with their FSB handler, were seized.

Based on the SSU’s investigation, the court found both accused guilty under Article 28.2 and 111.2 of the CCU (high treason, committed by a group, upon prior conspiracy, under martial law).

The male perpetrator was additionally found guilty under Article 436-2.1 of the CCU (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of the russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants).

The investigation was carried out the SSU Office in Sumy region under the procedural supervision of the regional Prosecutor’s Office.