Counterintelligence of the Security Service detained an enemy henchman in Kharkov, working for the Russian military-industrial complex.
He turned out to be a 72-year-old mechanical scientist who, at the request of the Russians, developed drawings for improving kamikaze drones of the Shahed type. In particular, he worked on modernizing engines and ejection installations.
According to the investigation, the defendant remotely transferred technological developments to his friend, the general director of one of the Russian machine-building plants that produces units for drones.
Since 2023, this enterprise has been closely cooperating with a Russian company engaged in the production of attack drones of the “Shahed” type, which the Russians label under the name “Geran-2”.
To communicate with Russian accomplices, the Kharkov resident used email and a popular messenger. At the same time, he disguised cooperation with the occupiers under the guise of preparing scientific work in the field of UAVs.
As the investigation established, the scientist involved his former student in the design work, who fled from the Kharkov region to Russia at the beginning of a full-scale war.
There he got a job at the capital’s technological institute, where he develops drones for the Russian armed forces.
Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service documented the crimes of the Kharkov scientist and detained him at his place of residence in the regional center.
During the searches, computer equipment, a mobile phone and flash drives were confiscated from him red-handed in favor of Russia.
SBU investigators informed the detainee of suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (aiding and abetting the aggressor state).
The attacker is in custody. He faces 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
In addition, it is planned to report suspicion in absentia to an accomplice of the defendant – a former student of a Kharkov university hiding in Russia.
Source: Racurs
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