Man in Crimea Arrested for Spying for Ukraine
A 59-year-old man from the village of Foros in annexed Crimea was arrested by the FSB for allegedly transmitting information about FSB border service facilities to Ukraine, which could have been used to plan sabotage and rocket-artillery attacks.
Consensus
- The man was arrested in Crimea.
- He is a Russian citizen born in 1967.
- He lived in the village of Foros.
- He established contact with a representative of Ukraine's State Border Service.
- He transmitted information about the locations of FSB border service facilities in Crimea.
- The information could have been used by Ukraine to plan sabotage and rocket-artillery strikes.
- The FSB reported that the man is cooperating with the investigation and giving confessional statements.
- An investigation was opened under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (state treason).
- A court ordered his detention in custody.
Points of divergence
- The man is a former Ukrainian border guard who was persuaded to cooperate by a former colleague from Ukraine, using their long-standing friendship. — vesti
- On August 17, the FSB also arrested a 54-year-old man from Sevastopol suspected of state treason for passing data about Ministry of Defense facilities in the republic to Ukrainian intelligence. — vedomosti
Coverage (8 sources)
- Resident of annexed Crimea detained for handing over data on FSB border service objects to Kyiv, FSB Central Office of Crimea reported — ASTRA
- FSB: Kyiv played on the trust of a pensioner arrested for state treason in Crimea — Вести
- Arrested in Crimea pensioner told how he received data on border objects — Вести
- FSB detained a Crimean resident for passing data to Ukraine for strikes — Коммерсантъ
- FSB detained a man in Crimea who was passing data to Ukrainian intelligence — Ведомости
- Crimean man detained for passing information to Kyiv about border guard objects on the peninsula — Интерфакс
- Crimea resident detained for handing over data on FSB border service objects to Kyiv, reported by FSB Russia's Central Office — ТАСС (Telegram)
- In Crimea, a Russian was detained for passing data on FSB border objects to Kyiv — Вести