Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine neutralized the agent network of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) in Dnipro.

7 people who may be involved in the rocket attack on a high-rise building carried out by Russian terrorists on January 14 have been detained.

This was reported on Friday, January 20, in the press service of the SBU.

According to the investigation, the detainees gave the Russians the coordinates of critical infrastructure facilities, including energy-generating enterprises.

"The occupiers used this information to prepare and carry out rocket attacks on the city. And after the attacks, the agents visited the "arrival" sites to determine the consequences of the air attacks and re-adjust them," the report says.

Information about the possible involvement of the detainees in a rocket attack on a residential building in Dnipro is currently being checked.

In addition, the detained persons collected information about the basing and movement of units of the Defense Forces in the territory of the region, trying to identify the positions of the Ukrainian air defense system.

They passed all the collected information to the GRU representatives through the group's resident.

He turned out to be a citizen of Russia, a former resident of Dnipro, who in 2014 created a local pro-Kremlin public organization.

Its representatives advocated the creation of the so-called "Southeastern Ukrainian Republic" under the control of the aggressor country.

After fleeing to Russia, the attacker was recruited by the personnel staff of the GRU.

According to their task, he created his own agency from his "ideological" like-minded compatriots.

Previously, the group was in "standby mode", and in October 2022 it began active reconnaissance and subversive activities against Ukraine.

For communication, agents used anonymous messengers, and locations were transmitted in the form of electronic coordinates with photo materials.

During searches of the residences of the detainees, law enforcement officers found:

  • improvised explosive devices;

  • computer equipment and mobile phones with evidence of conspiratorial correspondence with the enemy;

  • pro-Kremlin literature.

On the basis of the evidence collected by the investigators of the Security Service, the persons involved were notified of the suspicion under Part 2 of Art.

111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason committed under martial law).

Comprehensive measures are underway to establish all the circumstances of the crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice.

We will remind, on January 14, a Russian Kh-22 missile hit a residential high-rise in Dnipro.

46 civilians died.

24 injured people remain in the city's hospitals.

Three are in serious condition, including a 9-year-old girl.

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