Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the SSU’s military counterintelligence has uncovered 68 Russian intelligence agents within the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In 2025 alone, 19 Russian “moles” were detained, ten of whom have already received prison sentences, including seven who were sentenced to 15 years.
Among them:
- In Lviv region, a major of an Air Force brigade, part of a Russian agent network, coordinated airstrikes on Ukrainian aviation infrastructure.
- Another 15-year sentence was given to a commander in the Special Operations Forces who leaked operational plans to Russian intelligence.
- A commander of a self-propelled artillery battalion attempted to pass secret plans to the Russians in the Kharkiv sector.
- An agent from Russia’s GRU 317th reconnaissance center tried to spy on Ukrainian paratroopers posing as a chaplain.
Since the start of 2025, the SSU neutralized four Russian agent networks operating in Odessa, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Lviv regions. These networks guided Russian strikes and recruited new agents.
Examples include:
- In Odessa, a resident and three accomplices were detained while collecting intelligence on Ukrainian reconnaissance units, air defense locations, and logistics depots.
- In Zaporizhzhia, the head of a local UOC-MP church passed geolocation data of defenders to the Russian GRU, recruiting a local serviceman to do so.
- Two FSB agents preparing a series of sabotage attacks were detained, including one caught attempting a bombing in a Kharkiv city park.
In 2025, 77 traitors received 15-year sentences for joining Russian forces (188 since 2022).
Military counterintelligence also prevented the embezzlement of 33.9 billion UAH in defense funds in 2025 (51 billion UAH since 2022). For example, in Kyiv, a former Ministry of Defense department head and two accomplices attempted to steal 90 million UAH by procuring faulty anti-tank missile systems.
Additionally, over 270 attempts to illegally remove combat weapons from frontline areas were blocked in 2025.
The SSU continues systematic work to uncover Russian agents, stop illegal arms trafficking, and dismantle schemes targeting Ukraine’s defense budget during the war.
