The SSU Counterintelligence has detained another enemy informant in Kharkiv. On russia’s orders, the perpetrator spied on bases and movements of the Defense Forces.

The agent focused primarily on the positions of Ukrainian troops holding back the aggressor’s advance on Izium direction.

According to the investigation, the enemy accomplice is a 22-year-old employee of a local agricultural enterprise who came to the attention of russian special services on a Telegram channel offering ‘easy money.’

After recruitment, he received coordinates from the occupiers, which he had to check and provide an intelligence report on.

Under the guise of work trips around the region, the individual recorded locations of the Defense Forces and marked them on Google Maps.

The asset sent the collected data to his handler via an anonymous chat in a messenger app.

The enemy planned to use the data to prepare strikes and assault breakthroughs in Kharkiv region.

The SSU Counterintelligence detained the traitor at his home in Kharkiv.

A mobile phone with evidence of his work for russian intelligence was seized during searches.

SSU investigators notified the detainee of suspicion under Article 114-2.2 of the CCU (unauthorized dissemination of information on movement or location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, if it is possible to identify them on the ground).

The suspect is in custody and faces up to 8 years in prison.

The pre-trial investigation has been completed, the file of the criminal proceedings has been sent to court.

The operation and investigation were carried out by the SSU Office in Kharkiv region under the procedural supervision of the regional Prosecutor’s Office.