The Security Service of Ukraine detained a

former military man recruited by the FSB of the Russian Federation in

For the performance of enemy tasks, the traitor hoped to receive help from the occupiers regarding the alienation in his favor of a real estate object worth $200,000 in the temporarily occupied Crimea.  

This was reported by the SBU press service.

According to law enforcement officers, the traitor had been in contact with the Russian special services since 2010, and since 2020 he began to actively collect intelligence on the combat training activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern region.

"He paid particular attention to the course of international military exercises in the waters of the Black Sea and the training of the ground units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the training grounds, in particular the combat calculations of the Javelin anti-tank missile systems. He also tried to monitor the arrival of military products and dual-use goods to Ukraine through the sea ports of Odessa and Mariupol , Chornomorska, Izmaila and Skadovska," the message reads.

The traitor turned out to be a local resident of Odesa, who in 1990 graduated from the Kostroma higher command school with a specialty of "chemist-reconnaissance".

Until the mid-1990s, he served in the headquarters of the Odesa Military District and retired with the rank of captain.

After that, he got into business and opened a sports equipment store in the center of the regional center.

In addition, he engaged in smuggling of relevant products from the Russian Federation.

In this way, he came to the attention of the Russian special service.

"During his regular stay on the territory of the Russian Federation, he was recruited by a staff member of the FSB administration in the Kursk region. It was he who, before the full-scale invasion, worked out for his agent the task of gathering intelligence for the benefit of the aggressor country," the SBU said.

For the performance of enemy tasks, the traitor hoped to receive help from the occupiers regarding the alienation of real estate worth 200,000 dollars in his favor.

in temporarily occupied Crimea.

On the basis of the received evidence, the investigators of the Security Service informed the detainee of the suspicion under Part 1 of Art.

111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason).

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