Ukraine's Security Service exposes another traitor: Lieutenant Colonel leaked data to Russians

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), together with the State Bureau of Investigation, has exposed an employee of one of the service's divisions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast who had been conducting intelligence and subversive activities for the Russian special services.

Source: Press services of the SSU; Office of the Prosecutor General and the State Bureau of Investigation

Details: According to the investigation, the SSU Lieutenant Colonel secretly collected official information based on the results of operational search activities and information that constitutes a state secret.

He was particularly interested in the layout of roadblocks in the oblast.

He photographed documents using his personal mobile phone. After that, using the Telegram messenger app and an email address registered to a Russian domain, he transmitted the information to representatives of the aggressor country.

During the searches, the detainee was found to have mobile phones, Russian SIM cards, cash, as well as other evidence.

It was also found that he has links, including family ties, with representatives of law enforcement authorities and state agencies of the Russian Federation.

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation said a notice of suspicion of high treason is currently being drawn up for the detained SSU Lieutenant Colonel, as well as a petition to the court to select a preventive measure in the form of detention without the option of bail.

The sanction of the article [of the Criminal Code] provides for a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Quote from SSU Chairman Vasyl Maliuk: "I advise everyone to realise that the SSU is no place for Kremlin agents and people who do not believe in Ukraine's victory. If someone has betrayed the oath and the Ukrainian people, they must be held accountable according to the law."

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