Two women in Crimea were arrested and detained in pre-trial…
Two women in Crimea were arrested and detained in pre-trial detention for two months on charges of treason, allegedly collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence services; one is accused of setting up a cache with components for an explosive device used in the 2024 bombing of a Russian military officer's car in Sevastopol, while the other allegedly transferred funds to support Ukraine’s armed forces.
Consensus
- Two women were arrested in Crimea on July 18 for alleged collaboration with Ukrainian intelligence services.
- The women are accused of involvement in a 2024 bombing incident in Sevastopol that killed a Russian military officer.
- One woman allegedly set up a cache containing components for an improvised explosive device, which was later used in the attack.
- Another woman is alleged to have transferred 5,000 hryvnias from her account in a Ukrainian bank to support Ukraine’s armed forces.
- Both women were detained under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (treason) and held in pre-trial detention for two months.
- The attack occurred on November 18, 2024, on T. Shevchenko Street in Sevastopol.
- The victim was Captain First Rank Valery Trankovsky, deputy commander of the 41st Brigade of Rocket Ships and Boats of the Black Sea Fleet.
Points of divergence
- The second woman is described as a native of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, who had obtained Russian citizenship and lived in Crimea; she allegedly contacted Ukrainian intelligence via WhatsApp. — mediazona
- Mediazona reports that the SBU claimed Trankovsky was responsible for shelling Vinnytsia in July 2022, killing 29 civilians, and attacks on Odessa and other Ukrainian cities. — mediazona
- M24 states that one of the women 'independently contacted' a SBU officer via messenger, while Komersant and Mediazona state she did so under instruction from a handler (‘kurator’). — m24
- Mediazona reports that 38-year-old woman from Sevastopol and a 47-year-old man from Yalta were also detained days after the bombing, allegedly for surveillance and manufacturing the explosive device. — mediazona
Coverage (3 sources)
- Accused of involvement in the officer's sabotage in Crimea sent to pretrial detention — Коммерсантъ
- Crimea Court Sends Two Women to Pretrial Detention on Charges of Treason; One Accused of Participating in the Bombing of a Russian Soldier's Vehicle — Медиазона
- Woman Arrested in Crimea for Placing Explosive Charge in a Buried Cache to Blup Military Personnel — Москва 24