Overview

• A Ukrainian Air Force major serving as a flight instructor was exposed by the Security Service of Ukraine as a Russian military intelligence agent.
• Investigators found he supplied detailed coordinates, flight schedules and combat tactics for F-16, Mirage 2000 and Su-24 airfields.
• The operation was conducted with support from Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and led to his July 30 arrest while seeking additional data.
• He is expected to be formally charged with high treason under Part 2, Article 111 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code and faces life imprisonment with asset confiscation.
• The SBU is ramping up counterintelligence at key Western-supplied jet bases to safeguard Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.