Ukraine's Security Service names traitors aiming to implement Putin’s plan of “external governance” in Ukraine

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has stated that it has gathered evidence against Ukrainian traitors attempting to implement Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's idea of "external governance" in Ukraine. Source: SSU press service; Ukrainska Pravda Details: SSU stated that the illegal group includes traitors, collaborators and other supporters of the so-called "Russian world" who fled to Russia even before the full-scale war began. [The "Russian world" is the general idea of the superiority of Russian Orthodoxy, culture, language, etc., widely promoted by pro-Kremlin figures - ed.] 

The leader of this group is Dmytro Vasylets, head of the banned political party Derzhava (State), who has already been sentenced in absentia for supporting Russia's armed aggression.

Vasylets has reportedly enlisted his like-minded accomplices in subversive activities, including:

• Valentyna Rybin, lawyer for blogger Anatolii Sharii, who is suspected of state treason;
• Oleksandr Skubchenko, a "political expert" who appeared on TV channels belonging to Medvedchuk [a former Ukrainian businessman and pro-Russian politician who is also known for his connections to Putin - ed.] and is now a frequent guest on Moscow propaganda shows;
• Oleksandr Semenchenko, deputy head of the banned Derzhava party, who previously lived in Kyiv and is now hiding in Russia;
• Collaborator Pavlo Onishchenko, head of the pro-Kremlin group Slobozhanska Sich;
• Propagandist Viktor Malafeev, who not only delivers anti-Ukrainian speeches on Russian TV but also collects donations to purchase weapons for Russian troops;
• Pro-Russian agitator Maksym Shykhaleiev in Crimea, who supported the peninsula's occupation in 2014 and began collaborating with Russia.

On 27 March, the group's leaders and other Ukrainian traitors took part in a so-called "unity forum" in Moscow, which also featured propagandist Aleksandr Dugin (often referred to as the ideologue of "rashism"), Russian State Duma members, bloggers and Z-war correspondents. ["Ruscism" or "rashism" is a term that combines "Russia" and "fascism" and is used to describe Russia's political ideology under Vladimir Putin - ed.]

The SSU revealed that the forum's rhetoric focused on promoting Putin's claim that lasting peace in Ukraine could only be achieved by creating a transitional administration under the control of Russia and the United States to temporarily govern the country. The investigation materials indicate that after establishing their anti-Ukrainian hub in Moscow, the group received instructions from their Russian handlers to set up their own "branches" in EU countries as alternatives to Ukraine's diplomatic missions. Based on the collected evidence, SBU investigators have charged the individuals under Article 28 Part 1 and Article 109 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (actions aimed at the violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power, as well as conspiracy to commit such actions by a group).

It was stated that comprehensive measures are ongoing to hold those responsible accountable for crimes against Ukraine.

Background: On 27 March, Putin proposed discussing the introduction of an interim administration in Ukraine under the aegis of the UN and several countries to hold elections.

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