Ukrainian Defense Intelligence confirms it never employed Roman Sushchenko

Ukrainian Defense Intelligence confirms it never employed Roman Sushchenko

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The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has confirmed that Ukrinform correspondent Roman Sushchenko, who was illegally arrested in Moscow on September 30, is not a staff employee of the Defense Intelligence.

Mark Feygin, Sushchenko’s layer, received a relevant copy of the document from the ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate.

“Having studied the indicated above issue, we inform that Sushchenko R.M. has not served the military (civil) service in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine,” reads the document.

As reported, Ukrinform correspondent in France Roman Sushchenko was arrested in Moscow on September 30, where he arrived on a private visit. He was accused of “espionage”, allegedly being a member of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate denied allegations of the Russian Federal Security Service.

The Russian court ruled at its closed hearing on October 1 to arrest the journalist for two months - until November 30.

On October 7, the Russian Federation officially charged the Ukrainian journalist with spying. Sushchenko denies any guilt.

Roman Sushchenko works with the Ukrainian National News Agency Ukrinform since 2002 and is agency's own correspondent in France since 2010.

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