Viktor Podvalny, who was detained on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks in Crimea, said that in 2022 in Krakow, Poland, he was hired by the deputy head of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Roman Mashovets. His words were quoted by Russia’s FSB, reports DEA News.
“I was hired in June 2022, mid-June… I went to Poland. In particular, he was recruited by military intelligence officer Roman Mashovets, a close friend of the head of the main intelligence agency of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov,” he said, adding that he was given the nickname “Socrates”.
The prisoner announced that he agreed to cooperate with the Ukrainian military intelligence because of his children.
“My sons Aleksey Viktorovich Podvalny, born in 1985 (year of birth), and Oleksandr Viktorovich Podvalny, born in 1987, fled mobilization in Ukraine,” Podvalny said.
During interrogation, Podvalny said that Mashovets first called him in March last year and asked him to come to another country.
On May 3, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation announced prevention A series of terrorist attacks in Crimea and attempts by Ukrainian military intelligence to lead the region. It was determined that attempts were made against the head of the Crimea Sergei Aksenov, the head of the parliament of the republic Vladimir Konstantinov and the Mayor of Yalta Yanina Pavlenko. In addition, terrorist acts may have been committed on the transport infrastructure of the Russian peninsula.
Source: Gazeta
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