FSB officers beat Valentina Zayarnaya's son and threatened to institutionalize him to force her to sign a confession.
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FSB officers had beaten her son and threatened to send him to a mental hospital unless she gave them the testimony they wanted.
SBU detained an alleged Russian agent serving in the AFU who is accused of feeding sensitive information to Moscow’s security services
The suspect was recruited by Nikita Klimovsky, a representative of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) prior to the full-scale invasion
The suspect collected information on the number of personnel and available weapons in a Ukrainian military unit in Dnipropetrovsk region
The suspect tried to identify the locations of Ukrainian air defense systems and the latest Western weapons
SBU is checking information regarding the preparation of possible acts of sabotage against AFU officers
The advance on the flanks in the Bakhmut direction was suspended during the past few days.
The suspension was due to other important tasks being performed and measures to restore combat capability.
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