The Security Service of Ukraine has detained another agent of the Russian military intelligence (GRU) in Khmelnytskyi. He was spying on the Defense Forces' airfields and planning terrorist attacks near the Military Commissariat in western Ukraine.
According to the military counterintelligence of the SSU, the individual in question is a 30-year-old local unemployed man. The Russian intelligence service recruited him through Telegram channels, where he was seeking "easy earnings."
In exchange for money, the Russians tasked their agent with organizing an online broadcast of combat activity at one of the region's military airfields.
For this, the traitor set up a "observation post" in his own home, located near a restricted Ukrainian military facility.
It was documented that the individual installed a video camera on the roof of his private house, which had remote access for the Russian GRU.
The next task assigned to the agent was to prepare the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) near the local Military Commissariat.
To carry out the terrorist act, the traitor received detailed instructions from his Russian handler, including how to make explosives from "available materials" and a mobile phone.
The Russians required their agent to install specialized remote tracking software on the mobile phone to monitor his movements to the potential target.
In this way, the Russian intelligence planned to remotely detonate the IED along with the agent to eliminate him as a "witness."
SSU military counterintelligence detected the agent in advance and detained him, preventing the crimes. The Security Service then conducted comprehensive measures to secure the locations of the Defense Forces.
During searches, mobile phones were seized from the detainee, which he used to collect intelligence and communicate with the Russian GRU. A device intended to be used for the IED was also found.
The criminal is being held in custody without the possibility of bail. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
