SBU detains 25-year-old Kherson man suspected of correcting enemy shelling in the city
Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) has detained another Russian agent in Kherson: a 25-year-old local unemployed man was waiting for the enemy to occupy the region and, on the orders of the Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), adjusted air strikes and artillery strikes by the Russian Federation on the regional center.
On its Telegram channel on Monday, the SBU reported that the person involved used a chatbot administered by the Russian special service to direct enemy fire.
According to the SBU, the man was recruited by the FSB through Telegram channels, where he left his pro-Russian comments.
"Among the agent's main tasks was to search for and transmit geolocations of temporary bases of the Defense Forces, as well as energy facilities. At the same time, the agent monitored the locations of enemy 'arrivals', their consequences and informed the Russian special service about this," the report says.
SBU officers exposed the agent and detained him. The Security Service also carried out comprehensive measures to secure the locations of the Defense Forces and energy facilities.
During the search, two laptops and six phones with SIM cards of various operators were seized from the suspect, on which he registered fake accounts to hide his work for the enemy.
SBU investigators informed him of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).
The perpetrator is in custody.
The comprehensive measures were carried out by SBU officers in the Kherson region under the procedural guidance of the regional prosecutor's office.