In Odesa, a couple of Russian spies were exposed who were preparing a missile attack on air defense forces and artillery depots.

The SBU informs about this.

Agents of the Russian GRU were sent to Odesa early in 2018 and received a residence permit.

In this way, Russian military intelligence planned to create its own intelligence apparatus in the south of Ukraine.

Both of the detainees – the husband (born in Odesa, but later served in the Russian army and took part in hostilities in Chechnya) and the wife – are citizens of the Russian Federation.

Before a full-scale invasion, they gathered information about the socio-political situation in the region and expanded the circle of their acquaintances, who could then be recruited.

After February 24, the spies first of all tried to identify the combat positions of air defense and the location of field artillery depots with ammunition for air defense systems.

Intelligence information was needed by the occupiers to carry out airstrikes with "Kalibr" or "Kinzhal" missiles on Ukrainian military facilities.

In addition, they collected information about units of the Defense Forces in the Kherson area.

The spies sent the collected information to the "link".

He is a resident of Sevastopol, a former Russian special forces officer who secretly cooperates with the GRU.

He, in turn, passed on the information to his curator - a staff member of the military intelligence of the Russian Federation.

So far, the law enforcement officers have informed the detainees about the suspicion of "espionage".

They were remanded in custody.

Earlier, the SBU detained an agent of the Russian GRU, who was an adjuster of enemy missiles at objects in Vinnytsia.

Previously, residents of de-occupied settlements in the south complained that the

 Ukrainian authorities did not punish

 collaborators in any way.

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