Teenage spy detained for guiding Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital

Teenage spy detained for guiding Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained an agent of the Russian FSB — a 17-year-old high school graduate — who coordinated missile and drone attacks on Kyiv.

According to Ukrinform, the SSU reported this.

According to the case materials, the invaders’ orders were carried out by the 17-year-old graduate of a Kyiv school, who was recruited by the Russians through Telegram channels offering “easy money.”

The main task of the agent was reconnaissance: he received coordinates of potential targets from his handler and was supposed to record their external technical condition.

Among the main locations of interest to the enemy were energy facilities, Ukraine’s Defense Forces headquarters, and objects of the air defense system protecting the airspace of the Kyiv region.

SSU officers detained the suspect near one of the military command centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, about which he was preparing an “agent report.”

At the scene, a phone was seized from the suspect, onto which he photographed the objects designated by the Russian handler.

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SSU investigators have informed him of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (state treason committed during martial law).

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

Earlier, the SSU detained two Russian female agents who were preparing attacks on Kramatorsk in Donetsk region.

Photo credit: SSU

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