Employees of the FSB department of the Rostov region managed to detain a Russian suspected of transmitting information to Ukraine about one of the military installations in the Krasnodar Territory. This has been reported TASS referring to department representatives.
A criminal case has already been opened, investigation proceedings are continuing.
“Officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Rostov Region detected and suppressed the illegal activities of a 23-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation related to the collection of information on the location of military units in the interests of the enemy. From the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,” said the press service.
It is known that the investigation continues under the article “Betrayal” of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
It was determined that the man collected confidential information containing data on the location of military installations in the region and sent it to a representative of the Ukrainian military formations, for which the person involved in the investigation used a messenger.
The FSB did not rule out that the information the Ukrainian side would receive could be used to attack the facility.
It is stated that the detainee could face up to 20 years in prison.
Before that, a man in the Kursk region prisoner 20 years in prison for treason.
Previously in Poland detained The Belarusian is suspected of spying on behalf of Russia.