A pair in Kharkiv Oblast who labored for Russian intelligence have been sentenced to fifteen years in jail. Posing as animal welfare volunteers, the couple travelled across the oblast looking for positions of Ukrainian navy personnel. They had been detained in January 2025.
Supply: press service for the Prosecutor Normal’s Workplace
Particulars: The person and lady seemed for places the place defence forces personnel had been stationed, in addition to amenities the place wounded Ukrainian defenders had been receiving medical therapy.
"Pretending to be animal welfare volunteers caring for stray animals, they might drive across the space supposedly searching for deserted pets. To keep away from suspicion, the couple even arrange a ‘shelter’ on the territory of their very own home," the Prosecutor’s Workplace said.
Legislation enforcement officers found that the couple had been recruited by an acquaintance who acts as a Russian handler for the Kharkiv entrance. He’s at present primarily based in one of many briefly occupied oblasts and works with Russian navy intelligence.
The couple despatched him the data they gathered by way of Telegram.
"Legislation enforcement officers detained the couple at their residence in January 2025. Throughout authorised searches, cellphones containing proof of their criminality had been seized," the Prosecutor’s Workplace added.
They remained in custody whereas awaiting trial and totally admitted their guilt throughout the court docket proceedings.
The court docket discovered the couple responsible of treason (Articles 28.2 and 111.2 of the Legal Code of Ukraine) and sentenced them to fifteen years’ imprisonment with confiscation of their property.
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