The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered a Russian informant in Poltava who was gathering intelligence on the locations of Ukraine's Defense Forces for Russian special services.
According to the SBU, the suspect is a local unemployed man who came to the attention of Russian intelligence operatives while searching for "easy money" through Telegram channels, Ukrinform reports.
In exchange for promised payments, the man traveled around Poltava and its outskirts by taxi to identify Ukrainian military positions and mark their coordinates on Google maps.
Russian intelligence was most interested in the locations of Ukrainian air defense systems and radar stations, which Moscow intended to target in a new wave of attacks.
Investigators also documented the suspect photographing administrative buildings and parking facilities used by local National Police units.