Source: Security Service of Ukraine
Ukraine’s Security Service has arrested a former Shostka City Council deputy in Sumy after he was caught spying for Russia’s FSB. The 48-year-old suspect, who was earlier an activist of a pro-Russian party, snooped on Ukrainian troops’ movements while his inflammatory posts on social media even called on Moscow to bomb the city of Sumy.
Recruited in July 2023, the suspect would drive around the area, covertly tracking the movements of Ukrainian military convoys and pinpointing troop locations near the Sumy border.
His correspondence with FSB operatives in Bryansk prove he wanted his hometown to be bombed.
A search of his property uncovered a mobile phone with evidence of his espionage. The SBU has charged him with high treason under Article 111 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code.
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