🏴 Capture

Four Russian agents were detained in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, after being exposed by the Security Service of Ukraine.

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
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Four Russian agents have been unmasked in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast.

The suspects had revealed the coordinates of the city’s infrastructure facilities and collected information about the deployment and movement of Armed Forces of Ukraine units.

The agents had also attempted to obtain the identification data of Ukrainian defenders, including Security Service employees.

The aggressors planned to use this information to carry out a series of rocket attacks on Bakhmut and conduct sabotage against the Defence Forces near the eastern front.

One of the suspects had an AK-74 Kalashnikov assault rifle.

Another accomplice of the occupiers has been exposed in Donetsk Oblast.

He turned out to be an engineer at a strategically important plant.

He gave the invaders information about the positions of the Defence Forces of Ukraine in the east of Ukraine.

Three inhabitants of Bakhmut are subject to criminal prosecution for up to eight years for surrendering positions to enemy forces.

Conducted combat reconnaissance in the area of Novoselyvka Drugoi and advanced in the direction of Mykilskyi, but had no success, and withdrew.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:01:45.395Z

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