Overview

• SBU in Donetsk region intercepted a 34-year-old Myrnohrad electrician recruited by a GRU-linked classmate to photograph Pokrovsk sector fortifications, command posts and ammunition depots.
• In Sloviansk a 33-year-old unemployed resident set up an apartment observation post to record troop movements on Google Maps and transmit coordinates for airstrikes via anonymous messenger.
• Both suspects have been charged under Part 2 of Article 111 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code for high treason under martial law and face life imprisonment with asset confiscation.
• The detainees communicated with handlers from Russia’s GRU and the General Staff’s Main Intelligence Directorate to facilitate drone and artillery strikes on Ukrainian positions.
• The arrests are part of a sustained SBU counterintelligence operation since 2023 and prompted Ukrainian forces to reinforce frontline defenses in the Donetsk region.