Company collaborating with occupation authorities in ‘DPR’ uncovered

According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Facebook by the SSU Directorate in Cherkasy region.

"SSU officers have uncovered a company controlled by Russia that collaborates with the so-called General Prosecutor’s Office of the DPR. The suspect is a 42-year-old private entrepreneur who established the company to provide services to the occupation authorities. According to the investigation, his firm handles maintenance of automatic fire alarm systems," the statement reads.

It is noted that in 2023, the collaborator signed a contract with the so-called General Prosecutor’s Office of the DPR. It has been established that the company’s management, operating in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region, regularly pays taxes and fees and contributes to the occupational budget of the Russian Federation.

Currently, SSU investigators have notified the suspect in absentia of being suspected of collaborative activity under Part 4 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (collaborative activity).

Measures are ongoing to bring the collaborator to justice, as he is hiding in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.

The comprehensive measures were carried out by SSU officers in Cherkasy region under the procedural guidance of the regional prosecutor’s office.

As Ukrinform previously reported, in Donetsk region, a collaborator — the CEO of a propaganda TV channel — was also notified of suspicion.