Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine has neutralized another FSB spy network in the Donetsk region. The Russian cell consisted of four residents of Kostyantynivka who were directing Russian missile and bomb attacks on the city.
All agents operated separately but had a single handler from the Russian special services. Their main task was to collect coordinates of locations where Ukrainian Defense Forces units were stationed.
Among those detained is a 35-year-old IT specialist who, under the guise of setting up internet services for clients, covertly asked them about the locations of Ukrainian military bases.
The other three individuals include a 23-year-old loader from a local market and two unemployed men who scouted the city and recorded the locations of specific targets.
According to case materials, all agents were recruited by the Russian forces through Telegram channels offering “easy earnings.”
To prepare their “reports,” the perpetrators marked potential targets on Google Maps and added detailed descriptions of the areas in screenshots.
SSU officers uncovered the spy group and detained all its members.
Mobile phones containing evidence of collaboration with the FSB were seized from the suspects.
SSU investigators have charged them under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).
The suspects are currently in custody with no right to bail. They face life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
