SBU CI detained a collaborator in Kharkiv who helped the Kremlin media justify the aggressive war against Ukraine.
The defendant prepared theses that were used in commissioned materials by central Russian TV channels. In particular, regarding the Russian missile and bomb strikes on the critical infrastructure of Kharkiv.
The detainee was preparing “information references” that glorified the occupiers and denied their war crimes.
Later, her messages were “dispersed” in the stories of the Kremlin’s mouthpieces, including the talk shows of Skabeeva and Solovyov.
According to the investigation, the collaborator worked for the Kremlin media through an “intermediary”. It turned out to be a Russian “military commander” who coordinated his actions with Russian military intelligence.
Earlier, the defendant contacted him through the VKontakte social network and offered her help in the war against Ukraine.
After receiving the information, the Russian “military commander” passed it on to the moderators of the central TV channels of the Russian Federation or spoke on the air with the theses of his accomplice.
To collect data for the enemy, the suspect monitored news in Telegram channels or “in the dark” asked her friends for the information she needed.
During the searches of the offender’s residence, the SBU seized a cell phone with evidence of her subversive activities in favor of Russia.
SBU investigators served the detainee a notice of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
▪ Part 6 of Art. 111-1 (collaboration activities);
▪ Part 1 and Part 3 of Article 436-2 (justification, recognition of the legitimacy, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, glorification of its participants).
The offender is currently in custody. She faces up to 12 years in prison.
