A local FSB agent was caught installing “video traps” for online correction of Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv’s infrastructure. He is also accused of carrying out arson attacks on the region’s railway infrastructure. He will be sentenced to life in prison. September 9, 2024.

"The SBU detained a Russian game agent who set up "video traps" for online correction of strikes on Kyiv

The security service detained an agent of the military intelligence of the Russian Federation, better known as the game, in Kyiv. The perpetrator adjusted missile and drone strikes on the city and committed arson at the facilities of Ukrzaliznytsia.

The enemy's priority targets were thermal power plants, power line supports and power equipment at railway junctions.

The detainee turned out to be a resident of Kharkiv. To recruit him, the Russian special service used one of the Telegram channels, on which the man was looking for offers of "easy earnings."

On the instructions of Russian intelligence, the agent arrived in Kyiv, where he rented an apartment in a high-rise building with a view of the local TPP.

In the temporary apartment, the person involved installed a video camera with a remote access program, which allowed the occupants to monitor the energy facility in "real time" mode.

According to the same instructions, the traitor equipped an "observation point" in another rented apartment near the capital.

In addition, the agent installed disguised video recording devices, so-called video traps, to monitor power line strikes.

In this way, the aggressor planned to record the consequences of new airstrikes in the Kyiv region and at the same time identify the locations of anti-aircraft defenses, tracking the "exits" of missiles on video.

After preparing "observation posts", the agent returned to Kharkiv under the guise of visiting his parents, but in reality to set fire to a relay cabinet on a strategic railway line.

The counterintelligence of the Security Service documented every step of the person involved, and at the final stage of the special operation, detained him in one of the rented apartments in Kyiv. At that time, the attacker was setting up a new video camera for online recording of air attacks on the city.

During the searches, phones and video devices with evidence of intelligence and subversive activities in favor of the Russian Federation were seized from the detainee.

The investigators of the Security Service informed him of the suspicion under part 2 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason committed under martial law).

The perpetrator is currently in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.

The special operation was conducted under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office." – Security Service of Ukraine