Ukrainian Security Service finds evidence on informer of former leader of Donetsk militants

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has completed pre-trial investigations and submitted to the court the materials of criminal proceedings against two Russian collaborators, one of whom was the informer of Igor Girkin (Strelkov), the former leader of Donetsk militants. Source: Security Service of Ukraine Details: Both criminals have been detained during the SSU special operations in Donetsk Oblast.

SSU reports that the detainees were collecting intelligence on the deployment and movement of the Defence Forces of Ukraine units in the eastern Ukraine. A personal informer of Russian terrorist Girkin (Strelkov) is among the detainees.

He has contacted Girkin through Odnoklassniki [a Russian social network, which is blocked in Ukraine] after the start of the full-scale invasion. There, he offered Girkin his "help" in the war against Ukraine.

Following the instructions of the Russian terrorist, his accomplice collected intelligence on the temporary base placement and routes of movement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units on the territory of the city of Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast. In addition, the offender has passed on the locations of local state institutions and critical infrastructure facilities to the Russians.

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SSU established that the Russian collaborator transferred classified intelligence via his own account in the form of marks on electronic maps with a detailed description of the surrounding area.

SSU officers exposed the criminal, documented his criminal actions and detained him during an attempt to transfer defence intelligence to the aggressor. Another accomplice of the occupiers was a resident of the village of Kleban-Byk [Donetsk Oblast], who had been recruited by a representative of the Russian Federal Security Service after the start of full-scale aggression. On the instructions of the Russian secret service, he conducted sabotage and reconnaissance activities in Kramatorsk district of Donetsk Oblast.

First of all, the Russian accomplice tried to detect the convoys of Ukrainian military equipment and transmit their geolocation to Russia via an anonymous messenger. The SSU investigators informed both offenders of suspicion under Art.

114-2.2-3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (unauthorised dissemination of intelligence on sending, movement of weapons, armaments and ammunition to Ukraine, movement or location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or other military formations formed in accordance with the laws of Ukraine, committed under martial law). The sanction of the article provides for a punishment of up to 12 years in prison.

The operation has been conducted by the SSU officers in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts under the procedural supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office.

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