The Security Service of Ukraine detained 5 invaders’ agents and revealed two more collaborators
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — SUNDAY, 17 APRIL 2022, 14:45
The Security Service of Ukraine reports they have detained 5 invaders’ agents and revealed two collaborators in Kyiv and Kherson regions.
Source: Security Service of Ukraine spokesman Artem Dekhtiarenko, Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, Kyiv Region Prosecutor's Office
Details: According to Dekhtiarenko, the Security Service has neutralised an agent network working for the aggressor’s country and detained three of its agents in the Odesa region. It was established that their actions had been coordinated by people who fled to Russia in 2014.
According to the Security Service, on the eve of a large-scale invasion, these agents escalated social tensions in various regions. In particular, they tried to commit sabotage: by destroying transport infrastructure, burning forests, damaging national and cultural symbols and monuments. Stage rallies were also held.
Over the last month, the curators' plans have changed, so the work of the agents has been reformatted. Since then, they have been collecting intelligence: about military divisions in the Odesa region, the location of checkpoints, volunteer centers, and local attitudes. If necessary, they sent photo reports.
Currently, agents are providing evidence about the details of their subversive activities, said a spokesman for the Security Service.
The Security Service of Ukraine also detained a resident of the Kyiv region - who was intended to be the self-proclaimed "head" of the Dymer community.
During the temporary occupation of the region, the traitor voluntarily agreed to cooperate with the invaders. He immediately "handed over" to the occupiers the information about members of the joint forces operation/Anti-Terrorist Operation, members of the local territorial defence forces, helped the invaders to navigate the area.
According to their instructions, he "recruited" specialists for the repair of power grids, drivers for the withdrawal of documents of the village council, accountants to organise the work of the so-called new administration and others. And "humanitarian aid" was distributed to locals as a reward for cooperation with the occupiers.
According to the Kyiv Region Prosecutor's Office, the detainee was declared suspected of collaborationism and remanded in custody.
Moreover, another case - a resident of Kyiv - the self-proclaimed "head" of the administration of Nova Kakhovka - was reported in absentia about the suspicion by the Podolsk District Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv.
On 2 April, 2022, a man with a Kyiv residence registration sided with the aggressor: he publicly called on citizens to cooperate with the occupiers and promoted the idea of establishing ties with the Russian Federation. In addition, he refused humanitarian aid organised by the Ukrainian authorities for civilians.
The pre-trial investigation of the criminal proceedings is underway, according to the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the special forces of the Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent who was correcting missile fire.
According to Dekhtiarenko, a local resident admitted to the investigation that he had pro-Russian views and believed in the "Russian world". This attracted the aggressor's special services: they recruited him and instructed to collect the coordinates of military headquarters, to record the movement of equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In order to increase the level of trust from the aggressor's side, the traitor additionally conducted reconnaissance of critical infrastructure objects after the missile attacks.
In Mykolaiv, the Security Service of Ukraine detained the local woman who systematically "reported" about the situation in the city to Russian occupying forces.
She monitored the functioning of checkpoints and individual critical infrastructure facilities.
Quote: "The security service investigates every fact of treason in order to bring the intruders to justice."