Sumy resident detained for passing military facility coordinates to FSB

Detention of Russian intelligence agent

Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine in Sumy detained a local resident who has no official employment. She is suspected of providing information to guide Russian strikes on the positions of the Defence Forces in the frontline city.

Conspiracy methods and information gathering

According to the investigation, to avoid exposure, the suspect changed her location four times over the course of a week. She rented apartments and outbuildings from acquaintances who were unaware of her collaboration with the enemy.

The main objective of the offender was to identify for the Russian side the locations of border guards and defenders' checkpoints on the outskirts of the regional centre. To this end, she actively moved around the city community on route buses and conducted foot reconnaissance sorties.

Contact with FSB and seizure of evidence

It was established that the woman came to the attention of the Russian Federal Security Service while searching for "easy" ways to earn money in thematic messenger chats. She transmitted the information she gathered in the form of photographs of potential targets, accompanied by coordinates from Google Maps.

During searches, two smartphones were seized from the detainee, which she used alternately for covert contacts with her FSB handler. The identity of the Russian officer has already been established by SBU counterintelligence officers.

Criminal liability

SBU investigators informed the suspect of the commission of a crime under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This act has been qualified as treason committed under martial law conditions.

The offender is currently in custody. She faces a punishment of life imprisonment with confiscation of property for her actions.