An 18-year-old cadet was detained in the Lviv region for passing military data to the enemy

An 18-year-old cadet of a military university who worked for the Russian Federation's special services was exposed in Lviv region. The girl was passing on information to the enemy about the location of military facilities, the deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the consequences of shelling the region.

This was reported by the Lviv Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Defense of the Western Region and the Security Service of Ukraine.

The cadet spied for the Russian Federation

According to law enforcement officials, the suspect studied at the Military Institute of Tank Troops of the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”. After the start of the full-scale war, the institution was relocated to the Lviv region, where the girl established contact with Russian special services.

«For a monetary reward, she collected and passed on to the enemy the coordinates of the training buildings and barracks of the institute, where her classmates were located», – The SBU noted.

She was preparing a missile strike on her comrades

The cadet intended to provide the FSB of the Russian Federation with the geolocation of the buildings where the military were. According to the investigation, on the eve of the alleged missile attack, she was supposed to leave the territory of the university. After the attack, the occupiers planned to take her to Russia in transit through third countries.

During the searches, a mobile phone and a laptop with evidence of her cooperation with the enemy were seized from the suspect. The investigation established that she was transmitting data via encrypted messengers.

The cadet was detained – she faces life imprisonment

The perpetrator was detained and has already been chosen as a preventive measure – detention without the right to post bail. She is suspected of high treason committed under martial law (Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanction of the article provides for a punishment of life imprisonment with confiscation of property.