Two women from Crimea were arrested by Russian security forces for… (фсб · крым · жительница)
Two women from Crimea were arrested by Russian security forces for allegedly collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence services. One is accused of helping set up a bomb cache used in a 2024 attack on a military vehicle in Sevastopol, while the other provided financial support to Ukraine and collected data on energy infrastructure and military sites.
Consensus
- Two women from Crimea were arrested by Russian security forces for alleged collaboration with Ukrainian intelligence services.
- Both women are accused of committing state treason under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code.
- Ugolovnye delo (criminal cases) have been opened against both individuals, and they have been placed under arrest.
- One woman is accused of setting up a cache with components for an explosive device in Crimea and providing coordinates to Ukrainian forces.
- The cached explosives were allegedly used by Ukraine in a 2024 attack on a military vehicle in Sevastopol.
- The second woman transferred funds to Ukraine, specifically for military equipment, and collected data on energy infrastructure and military installations.
- She intended to pass the information to her relative working in Ukraine's State Border Service but was arrested before doing so.
Points of divergence
- The detained woman claimed she met SBU agents in Kyiv and initially believed the package contained computer parts. — interfax
- The first suspect used WhatsApp (owned by Meta, banned in Russia) to communicate with a Ukrainian agent. — kommersant
- A military vehicle was sabotaged on November 2024 in the Gagarinsky District of Sevastopol; the victim died as a result. — vedomosti
- The first suspect is from Nikoloаev Oblast, born in 1967. — interfax
Coverage (12 sources)
- Two SBU Accomplices Arrested in Crimea on Treason Case — РИАМО
- Organizer of the shelter used by SBU to blow up a Coast Guard officer's vehicle in 2024 gives confessional testimony — Интерфакс
- FSB detained a Crimean resident in connection with the 2024 bombing of a military vehicle — Коммерсантъ
- One of the women detained in Crimea is an accomplice to a car bombing targeting a military officer in Sevastopol in 2024, reports... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Two residents of Crimea arrested in treason case — Ведомости
- FSB: Two Crimean residents detained for working on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence services — Вечерняя Москва
- Two Crimean residents working for Ukrainian intelligence services have been detained — Вести
- Security forces detain two Crimean residents on treason charges — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Two Crimean residents recruited by the SBU arrested for treason — Интерфакс
- Two Crimean residents detained for working on Ukraine's intelligence services, FSB reports — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Two Crimean residents detained for working on Ukraine's intelligence services, FSB reports — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Two Crimean residents detained for working on Ukraine's intelligence services — Москва 24