The administrator of a pro-Russian public led attacks on the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region

A 32-year-old resident of Kivsharivka spied on the Defense Forces for Russia.

An officially unemployed man administered a pro-Russian public about the situation in the Kupyansk region. He established contact with the curator of the Russian Ministry of Defense's agent network in the Kupyansk district and provided him with data on the location of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian military. The enemy used this data to strike at the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

“The accused sent the collected information to the curators in the form of marks on maps, and also published it on the Telegram channel. The man also called on the channel's readers to join in spreading information about the locations of the bases and movements of Ukrainian defenders,” the prosecutor's office said. 

In July 2024, the traitor received a new task from the curator: to destroy the car of a Ukrainian serviceman. For this information, he was promised to transfer money to the card of his mother, who lives in Voronezh, Russia. The man found such a car — it was Volkswagen Sharan — doused him with Molotov cocktail, and stuck a piece of paper on the rear window saying “Za Guevo” (a village in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region). But at that moment the owner of the car, a serviceman, noticed the criminal, he got scared and ran away.

Last fall, the cunning man was caught. He faces life imprisonment. The suspect is awaiting trial in a detention center. 

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116