Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained an 18-year-old resident of Kyiv who was directing one of Russia’s largest air attacks on the Ukrainian capital on the night of May 24 this year.
According to Ukrinform, the SBU press center reported the arrest.
“The suspect was detained the day after the bloody shelling of the capital, while he was conducting additional reconnaissance near a Ministry of Defense facility and assessing the consequences of the enemy strikes,” the statement said.
The agent planned to transmit the collected data in real time to his handler in Russia in order to prepare new attacks and adjust follow-up strikes on the city.
The investigation established that the assignment was carried out by an 18-year-old Kyiv resident who came to the attention of Russian intelligence services while searching for “easy money” on Telegram channels.
