Ukraine's Security Service detains FSB agent with call sign "007" in Zaporizhzhia
ALONA MAZURENKO — WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022, 09:50
The counter-intelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a Russian collaborator in Zaporizhzhia. The woman arrived in the city under the "cover" of a volunteer, but was actually tasked by the Russian Federation to locate units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Source: SSU press service
Quote from SSU: "This resident of the temporarily occupied Polohy district of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was recruited by the secret services of the Russian Federation at the very beginning of the full-scale invasion.
She received the call sign "007" from her Russian handler and was instructed to conduct reconnaissance and subversive activities in the region.
To mask her criminal actions, the accomplice of the aggressors presented herself as a local volunteer."
Details: In the temporarily occupied territory, the woman collected data on the participants of the partisan movement in the south for their further identification.
The collaborator's next hostile task was to establish contacts with Ukrainian defenders in order to locate places where units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were deployed and active. For this purpose, she left the temporarily occupied territory for Zaporizhzhia.
She planned to send the obtained coordinates, as well as data on the number of personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Defence Forces, to the occupiers through a specially created anonymous Telegram channel.
The SSU promptly exposed the suspect.
The SSU investigators have informed her that she is under suspicion of treason committed under martial law. The court chose to remand her in custody as a preventative measure.
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