An official of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSA) received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property for espionage for the FSB.
An official of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSA) received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property for espionage for the FSB.
In 2024, the Russian special services remotely recruited a DKAU official through his wife, who lives in Rostov-on-Don and collaborates with the occupiers, the SBU reports .
The enemy was interested in the secret information to which the agent had access, particularly in the field of satellite imagery and the location of strategic enterprises.
In addition, the FSB tried to obtain intelligence information about the location of factories that manufacture navigation systems and high-precision weapons for the defense of Ukraine.
The traitor was also supposed to give the occupiers the current locations of military warehouses.
According to the case materials, the defendant agreed to work for the FSB in exchange for money. In addition, the official planned to leave for the Russian Federation after retirement in the summer of 2025.
Counterintelligence and SBU investigators detained him this spring during a meeting at the Ministry of Strategic Industries.
During the searches, a phone containing evidence of working for the enemy was seized from the agent.
