SBU detained a Russian defense intelligence agent in Donetsk region who was spying on Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Pokrovsk sector, scouting locations of command posts and fortified areas.
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a Russian agent who facilitated the invaders' advance on Pokrovsk.
The person was an employee of a local mining enterprise, remotely recruited by Russian intelligence in July 2024.
He was scouting the geolocations of command posts and fortified areas of Ukrainian troops defending Pokrovsk.
He identified deployment posts of SBU units conducting counter-subversive measures.
He communicated with Russian intelligence via anonymous messenger account and later banned Russian social networks.
SBU counter-intelligence exposed the agent at initial stage of activity.
A mobile phone and SIM cards were seized during the search.
He was notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 111 (treason committed under martial law) and is in custody facing life imprisonment.
One person was killed in the town of Kostiantynivka and two others in the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, Governor Vadym Filashkin said. A total of five people suffered injuries in the region over the past day, he added.
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