The SBU detained a GRU agent who was guiding airstrikes on Kramatorsk
The Counterintelligence Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine has exposed yet another agent of Russian military intelligence (GRU) in the Donetsk region. The man was passing on coordinates for Russian airstrikes on Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka.
According to the investigation, the suspect helped coordinate the attacks, including the use of powerful aerial bombs targeting the positions of Ukrainian defenders.
This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine.
According to his intelligence reports, the Russians hoped to strike the Defense Forces with super-heavy FAB-500 high-explosive aerial bombs or even 1.5-ton FAB-1500 bombs equipped with guidance and correction modules.
In this way, the enemy planned to inflict maximum damage on reserve command posts, fortified areas, and logistics depots containing weapons and ammunition for Ukrainian troops.
SBU officers exposed the perpetrator and documented the enemy’s reconnaissance activities in the frontline area step by step.
At the same time, the locations of the Defense Forces in the Kramatorsk direction were secured. In the final stage of the investigative and operational actions, the agent was detained at his place of residence.
As the investigation established, a local unemployed man recruited by the enemy was responsible for directing Russian airstrikes.
He came to the attention of the aggressor country’s military intelligence while searching for “easy money” on specialized Telegram channels administered by Russian special services.
After being recruited and briefed remotely, the agent visited communities near the front lines to identify, photograph, and mark the locations of Donetsk region defenders on Google Maps.
The suspect stored the collected information on his own smartphone for subsequent transmission to his handler in Russia. At the same time, the agent coordinated his reconnaissance missions with him via a messaging app.
During searches, a phone was seized from the detainee containing evidence of intelligence gathering and contacts with a Russian intelligence officer.
SBU investigators notified the agent of his status as a suspect under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason committed under martial law).
The suspect is in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
Comprehensive measures were carried out by SBU officers in the Vinnytsia region under the procedural guidance of the regional prosecutor’s office.
A writer from Volynwas sentenced to 6 years for justifying Russia’s aggression.
Video: Zyuganovwarned of the risk of a revolution in Russia as early as this fall.
After three years of unexpected economic growth, Russia is facing a sudden slowdown—war costs, inflation, and falling oil prices have begun to weigh on an economy that until recently seemed resilient to sanctions.
Consumer lending in Russia has fallen to a six-year low.
