SSU officers detained Shahed drone adjuster in the Odesa region
28 November, 2023 SSU operator. Photo credits: SSU The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine detained a member of the agent network of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Odesa.
The SSU reported on this. The suspect was taking photos and videos of the places where the Ukrainian Defense Forces were allegedly based. She also transmitted the geolocation of these places.
Using her coordinates, the invaders carried out targeted air strikes using Shahed-type kamikaze drones. On the fuselages of the enemy UAVs, the invaders made inscriptions "on behalf of" a pro-Kremlin Telegram channel used by Russian military intelligence to recruit and cooperate with agents.
Detained GRU agent in court. Photo credits: SSU
The offender transmitted the coordinates through an anonymous chat in a messenger app.
The corresponding geolocation was received by a staff member of the 3rd Operational Department of the 316th Intelligence Center of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and processed by Grigorii Ivanov. After the Russian strikes, the defendant reported to her supervisors about their aftermath and accuracy. Besides, she conducted additional reconnaissance of the locations of critical infrastructure facilities in the city.
SSU officers exposed the suspect's intelligence and subversive activities and detained her in her apartment. The woman was a representative of a network of Russian informants. Back in August 2023, the SSU exposed two other members, including an agent with the operational pseudonym "Diezel" and his wife, who were liaisons in the Russian GRU network and are now hiding from justice in St.
Petersburg. According to the investigation, the adjuster was a local resident of Odesa, engaged in entrepreneurial activities. She was recruited in June 2023 due to her activity in the comment section of a hostile Telegram channel.
Remains of a Russian Geran-2 kamikaze drone.
Photo credits: Security Service of Ukraine
Based on the evidence collected, SSU investigators served the detainee a notice of suspicion under Part 2 Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law). The suspect is currently in custody and faces life imprisonment. Militarnyi previously reported that the counter-intelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine detained an agent of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in the Chernihiv region, who had been on standby for more than a year.
The detained Russian agent had been on the territory of Ukraine for over a year and was awaiting instructions from the Russians. In October 2023, he started collecting relevant information. First and foremost, he was interested in the locations of the Ukrainian Defense Forces personnel and equipment deployment bases.
He tried to establish the exact coordinates of the Ukrainian Armed Forces headquarters involved in the defense of Ukraine's northern borders.