At the beginning of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, they remotely recruited a Kyivian and gave him the task of getting a job in one of the defense companies.
The SBU exposed Russian spies planning to recruit their agent to a defense plant in Kyiv. This was reported by the press service of the SBU.
“The Security Service has identified two more Russian officials involved in intelligence and subversive activities against Ukraine. One of them is Colonel Dmitry Guliy, an employee of the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry. The other spy of Russia became the Deputy Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Economic Development of the aggressor country Vitaly Tekhtelev,” the SBU said in a statement.
It was reported that at the beginning of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, they remotely recruited a citizen of Kiev and set him the task of getting a job at one of the defense companies in the capital region to collect. and transfer secret data to Russia. In addition, spies are interested in data on the consequences of Russian missile attacks on Kyiv’s critical infrastructure.
“In February 2023, the Security Service detained an enemy agent and informed him of the suspicion of high treason. During the investigation, the Ukrainian special services communicated with the detainee through their influence – gave he personal data of his “curators” from the Russian Federation According to the investigation, the communication with the Russian officials was a traitor supported by the messenger. In case of capture of Kiev, they promised their agent the an honest attitude on the part of the occupiers,” the press service reports.
Both Russians were notified independently of the suspicion of espionage committed by a group of people by prior agreement. The investigation is ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Earlier it was reported that the SBU detained a Russian GRU informant in the Donetsk region.
Source: korrespondent
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