The Military Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has thwarted another attempt by Russian military intelligence, known as the "GRU," to disrupt the rail logistics of Ukraine's Defense Forces in the northern part of the country.
As a result of a special operation in Chernihiv region, an agent of the Russian Federation was detained for adjusting airstrikes by the aggressor on Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railway) facilities.
The Russian forces targeted key stations with transit trains and convoys, which, according to the Russian forces, were transporting military equipment and ammunition for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the front lines.
To correct the airstrikes, the agent was tasked with installing a camouflaged video camera with a power bank and live-streaming it for the Russian GRU near a local railway section.
Using this "video trap," the agent planned to track the arrival of a cargo train at the Ukrzaliznytsia logistics base to strike it from the air.
In order to ensure the strike's success and avoid Ukrainian air defense, the oRussian forces also instructed their accomplice to identify the positions of the radar stations' combat shifts.
The SSU military counterintelligence disrupted the Russia's plans. After documenting the agent's crimes step by step, she was caught in the act while setting up the video camera near an Ukrzaliznytsia object.
Additionally, during a search, a mobile phone and a laptop were seized, which the detainee used for communication with the Russian GRU.
According to the investigation, the detained individual is a 29-year-old unemployed local who sought "easy money" on Telegram channels, where she was eventually recruited by the Russian military intelligence.
The SSU investigators have informed her of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason in wartime conditions).
The offender is being held in custody without the right to bail, and she faces a life sentence with confiscation of property.
