Military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine has uncovered another FSB agent within the ranks of the Armed Forces. The individual is a platoon commander of unmanned aerial systems in a marine brigade fighting on the southern front.
According to case materials, the suspect provided the Russian forces with geolocations of his unit to adjust fire on Ukrainian defenders.
Additionally, he directed Russian airstrikes against backup command posts of adjacent Ukrainian units and their ammunition depots.
Another task of the “mole” was identifying potential candidates for recruitment into the FSB’s intelligence network.
The investigation found that he attempted to recruit other military personnel from his unit, reporting his efforts to his FSB handler.
SSU officers documented the agent’s crimes and preemptively took measures to secure the locations and personnel of the Armed Forces in the area of FSB activity.
At the final stage of the special operation, military counterintelligence detained the Russian “mole” at his unit’s base.
During searches, authorities seized a flash drive containing classified information intended for the FSB, as well as two phones the agent used to communicate with his handler.
According to investigators, the Russian intelligence service recruited the soldier through his relatives in occupied part of Luhansk region.
SSU investigators in Mykolaiv region have charged him under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).
The suspect remains in custody without the possibility of bail and faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
