The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has exposed a chief accountant at a branch of Ukrzaliznytsia in the Poltava region for collaborating with the FSB. The woman’s “contact” with the Russian intelligence agency turned out to be her husband, a militant fighting for Russian forces on Ukraine’s eastern front.
According to case materials, the official provided the occupiers with schedules, routes, and details of military train cargo traveling through the region.
The Russian forces were particularly interested in Defense Forces trains transporting heavy armored vehicles, artillery, and ammunition to the front lines.
The accountant used official documentation available to her in her role at the state institution to gather intelligence. She also sought "additional" details from her colleagues about these shipments.
Initially, the agent transmitted the obtained information to the FSB through her husband, who is fighting for Russian forces in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Later, she was placed in direct contact with a Russian handler.
SSU counterintelligence documented the official’s crimes and detained her at her residence in the regional capital. Simultaneously, measures were taken to secure the routes of Defense Forces’ trains.
Investigators revealed that the woman had lived in Horlivka, Donetsk region, before 2014. After the city was occupied, she moved to Poltava.
The FSB recruited her in the spring of 2024 through her husband, who remained in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk and joined Russian military groups.
The suspect is currently in custody without the possibility of bail. She faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
Authorities also plan to charge her husband in absentia, as he is actively fighting against Ukrainian defenders on the eastern front.
