SSU detained traitor who tried to poison Ukrainian Armed Forces command in Zaporizzhya

SSU detained traitor who tried to poison Ukrainian Armed Forces command in Zaporizzhya

Military counterintelligence of the Security Service prevented Russian sabotage against the command of the Defence Forces on the southern front.

As a result of a special operation, an FSS agent was detained who tried to fatally poison the commanders of a combat unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhya region.

The attacker turned out to be an active serviceman of the Ukrainian army. To commit the crime, he planned to add a toxic substance to the water of the bath and laundry complex, which was used by the command staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

SSU officers exposed the traitor’s connection with the Russian intelligence service in advance and documented his subversive activities against Ukraine step by step.

This made it possible to carry out a set of measures to secure Ukrainian defenders, as well as to detain an FSS agent at the stage of his preparation for sabotage.

In addition, during the investigation, the Security Service established that the attacker was performing another task - reconnaissance for the FSS of the locations and movements of Ukrainian Armed Forces units on the front line.

According to the investigation, the defendant was recruited through his parents, living in the temporarily occupied part of the territory of the Luhansk region.

As the investigation established, the invaders abducted the man’s relatives directly from their home and then imprisoned them in a local Russian torture chamber.

There, the victims were subjected to severe torture, demanding that they persuade their son to work in favor of the aggressor country.

Further communication between the traitor and his Russian “curator” took place through an anonymous chat in the messenger.

During the search, the detainee’s mobile phone, used to communicate with the occupiers, was confiscated.

Based on the collected evidence, Security Service investigators informed him of suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (state betrayal committed under martial law).

The attacker is currently in custody. He faces life imprisonment.

The special operation was carried out by SSU officers in the Zaporizhzhya region under the procedural guidance of the prosecutor’s office.