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Ukraine's Security Service detained a fourth member of an FSB agent network planning an attack on Ukrainian defense forces' command in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 9 May 2023. The suspect, nicknamed 'Phantom', is a former military member with skills to use a Vintorez silenced sniper rifle.

Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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The Security Service of Ukraine detained a fourth member of an FSB agent network preparing an attack on defense forces command in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

The suspect was a former military man with skills to shoot a Vintorez silenced sniper rifle

The FSB charged Leonid Popov with espionage, where he faces up to 20 years in prison.

Grossi confirmed in September that Russian military equipment was on the plant premises and its physical integrity had been violated.

In September, he volunteered his services to the Russians, reaching out through a Russian chatbot designed to gather information on the movements of AFU units in the frontline regions.

Following this interaction, an FSB operative remotely contacted and recruited him.

The SBU detained a member of an FSB agent network preparing an attempt on the Command of the Defence Forces in Zaporizhzhia region

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