The Security Service of Ukraine has exposed an FSB «mole» in the State Space Agency. He was detained during a meeting at the Ministry of Strategic Industries.
The Security Service of Ukraine has exposed an FSB «mole» in the State Space Agency. He was detained during a meeting at the Ministry of Strategic Industries.
According to the SBU, the enemy agent turned out to be an official who had secret information about domestic strategic enterprises, as well as access to secret satellite images.
According to the case materials, the Russian FSB recruited this agent in 2024. Since then, the Ukrainian special service has been gradually documenting every step of the attacker and his interaction with Russian handlers.
The SBU also used this «mole» to disinform the enemy in order to transmit information beneficial to Ukraine to the racists through him.
As the investigation established, the agent was recruited by the FSB through his wife, who lives in Rostov-on-Don and collaborates with the occupiers. He agreed to cooperate with the enemy in exchange for money, and after his planned retirement in the summer of 2025, he even planned to move to the Russian Federation.
Among the tasks set by the FSB for the «mole» was the collection and transmission of classified information that he possessed by virtue of his official duties. In particular, this data on the locations of military-industrial complex facilities that manufacture navigation systems, backup points of strategic enterprises, military warehouses, as well as information on Ukraine’s production of high-precision weapons and satellite images.
According to available information, the Russian intelligence service hoped to use this data for air strikes on strategically important objects of our state.
During the search, a mobile phone with anonymous chats in messengers and email, which he used to communicate with the FSB, was seized from the detainee.
The detainee was charged with high treason and faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
