The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained in Kyiv a former head of the Republican Committee of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for fuel, energy, and innovation policy, who collaborated with Russian forces after the peninsula was temporarily occupied in 2014. — Ukrinform.

Serhii Kolobov, former head of the so-called Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the Republic of Crimea under the Russian occupation administration, has been detained in Kyiv.

Authorities said the man was tracked down in Kyiv after returning briefly to attend unspecified personal matters.

The suspect helped Russia take control of Crimea's energy infrastructure in 2014, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained in Kyiv a former head of the Republican Committee of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for fuel, energy, and innovation policy,…