The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained a resident of Kherson who was recruited by Russian secret services (FSB) for intelligence gathering. The suspect collected and passed data on locations and movements of Ukrainian Armed Forces to the FSB, and adjusted Russian fire on transport infrastructure and medical institutions in Kherson.
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has tracked down and detained a resident of Kherson, recruited by Russian secret services, who was adjusting the invaders' fire on locations where defenders were deployed and on transport infrastructure and medical institutions in the city.
The suspect established contact with an FSB officer and collected and passed data on the locations and movements of the Armed Forces and other Defence Forces in Kherson.
Based on the coordinates the woman passed to them, the Russian occupying forces carried out regular attacks on the city, using Grad MRLS and Shahed kamikaze drones.
She passed all the information she had collected to the aggressor via a messenger app in the form of screenshots of maps with markings of objects.
The offender is in custody and faces life imprisonment.
The suspect tracked Ukrainian forces' whereabouts, determining their approximate number and identifying military equipment, then sent the information to Russian special services.
Russia used the information to carry out regular attacks against Kherson with Grad multiple-launch rocket systems and kamikaze drones.
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