🏴 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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Ukrainska Pravda UNIAN Censor.NET

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

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

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

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: 2026-05-30T04:20:49.923Z

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