Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine uncovered another FSB agent in Cherkasy. He turned out to be a 20-year-old student at a local university who was recruited by the Russian forces. On the occupiers’ orders, he was coordinating Russian missile and drone attacks on the region.
According to case materials, the suspect previously lived in Luhansk but moved to Cherkasy and enrolled in university before the full-scale war began.
The student came under the radar of Russian intelligence after searching for “easy money” in Telegram channels.
After being remotely recruited, the agent began reporting to the Russian forces on the aftermath of strikes: locating impact sites and preparing photo reports for his handler.
His next task was to identify the combat positions of the Defense Forces’ radar stations.
The occupiers planned to use this intelligence to prepare Russian air attacks that would bypass the Ukrainian air defense system.
He also spied on the administrative building of the regional National Police headquarters, trying to assess the security level of the external perimeter of this sensitive facility.
SSU officers exposed the perpetrator at an early stage of his espionage activities. During a search of his residence, they seized a phone containing a prepared “report” for the FSB.
The suspect is in custody and faces life imprisonment with property confiscation.
