Security Service of Ukraine detains artillery observer in Kyiv

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA – MONDAY, 18 JULY 2022, 12:00

PHOTO: SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE PRESS SERVICE

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has arrested a resident of Kyiv who collected and transmitted information to the enemy about the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and critical and civilian infrastructure facilities in the capital and the region.

Source: Press service of the Office of the Attorney General, Security Service of Ukraine 

Quote: "According to the investigation, from March to June 2022, a resident of Kyiv, acting on the instructions of representatives of the intelligence agency of the Russian Federation, collected information about the locations of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, territorial defence checkpoints, critical infrastructure facilities, and civilian and military facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv Oblast."

Details: The suspected 60-year-old woman transmitted the collected information, as well as photos of objects and coordinates of their location, to her handlers via mobile applications.

The invaders planned to use this data for missile strikes, as well as for sabotage in Kyiv.

During the search, a mobile phone, computer equipment, flash media, notebooks, SIM cards and bank cards were seized from the suspect.

Background: On 15 July, the SSU arrested  Russian agents who [as artillery observers – ed.] corrected the recent attacks of the invaders on Mykolaiv and Bashtanka.