FSB officers detained a Ukrainian citizen on suspicion of espionage on the Russian-Georgian border. The suspect can receive up to ten years in prison.
This was reported by the press service of the border department of the FSB of Russia for North Ossetia..
A Ukrainian spy tried to cross the Russian border through the Verkhniy Lars border crossing. A criminal case has been opened against the detainee under Article 276 of the Criminal Code, providing for punishment for charges of espionage.
36-a year-old citizen of Ukraine collected and transmitted to the Ukrainian special services information about the location of personnel and military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the zone of a special military operation via an Internet messenger- stated in a statement from the press service of the border department of the FSB of the republic.
At the request of the investigation, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention in relation to this person- reported in the department.
Recently, information has increasingly appeared about the arrests of persons, engaged in intelligence activities in the interests of Ukrainian intelligence services. In particular, such citizens were detained last month in Penza and Mariupol. Notably, that the suspect in Penza was an Italian citizen of retirement age.
Also, Russian law enforcement officers have repeatedly identified and stopped cases of criminals preparing sabotage in different regions of the country..
