Working for the FSB and "Wagnerites": a group of women exposed in Donetsk region
In Donetsk region, three local residents collaborated with the aggressor and justified the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine.
The SBU has detected and neutralised another Russian agent network in Donetsk Region. The group of enemy henchmen consisted of women who supported the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.
The attackers simultaneously worked for the FSB and the private military company "Wagner", - stated in the message.
Women on the instructions of the occupants collected intelligence on the placement and number of military equipment of the AFU on the territory of Donetsk region. Most of all, the collaborators were interested in the directions of sorties of the AFU combat aviation, including attack helicopters near Avdeevka.
They were also interested in the routes of movement of heavy armoured vehicles of the Ukrainian troops from the frontline territories to the front line. To collect intelligence information, the women travelled around the area and covertly took photos of Ukrainian objects," the SBU added.
The women passed the information obtained in one of the messengers either to a Russian handler from the FSB or to a representative of the Wagnerites.
It is noted that three participants of the Russian agency were detained during the collection of information. In addition, the SBU identified the "senior" of the enemy group, who travelled to the Russian Federation and coordinated the actions. All women are residents of Pokrovskyi district, recruited by the occupants until 24 February 2022.
At the detained women conducted a number of searches and informed them of suspicion under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: committing a crime by a group of persons, a group of persons by prior conspiracy (part 2 of article 28); high treason (part 2 of article 111); dissemination of information about the movement, movement or location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or other armed formations of Ukraine (part 2, 3 of article 114-2). The suspects are in custody and face life imprisonment.