Overview

• The SBU arrested a mobilized serviceman from the State Special Transport Service on August 4 in the Dnipropetrovsk region after finding that he had relayed geolocations of his unit and nearby Ukrainian forces to GRU handlers to coordinate Russian airstrikes.
• A 29-year-old woman recruited via Telegram was detained in Dnipro for plotting a bombing near a law enforcement building under Russian handler orders and now faces up to 12 years in prison with property confiscation.
• In Kyiv, a 24-year-old IT specialist was charged with high treason on August 5 after installing remote-access cameras in rented apartments to pinpoint Ukrainian air defense sites for FSB-guided strike adjustments.
• All three detainees are held without bail under martial law and formally charged under Ukraine’s Criminal Code with offenses carrying life imprisonment or multi-year sentences plus asset seizure.
• These arrests form part of an intensified SBU counterintelligence campaign in 2025 that has dismantled Russian espionage and sabotage networks targeting both military infrastructure and civilian facilities.