Russia’s FSB reports detaining ‘Security Service of Ukraine agent’ and accomplice in connection to espionage case in Kherson region

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported detention of two Ukrainian citizens in connection to an espionage case in the Kherson region, Russian news agency Interfax writes.

“An agent for Ukraine’s Security Service and an individual who was acting at his instruction have been detained; they were gathering data about places of deployment and the numbers of units of Russia’s Armed Forces in the Kherson region,” the FSB states.

According to the service, the detained men used messaging apps to forward information about transit routes and types of equipment “together with geographic coordinates and [placements on] local maps” to employees of Ukraine’s Security Service. The Ukrainian intelligence agencies allegedly then forwarded the received data to Ukraine’s Armed Forces for adjusting target location.

“Ukraine’s Security Service shared the gathered information with representatives of paramilitary forces of Ukraine with the goal of adjusting artillery and missile and bomb strikes on positions of Russia’s Armed Forces,” the FSB notes.

Both citizens of Ukraine were arrested. Their names and other details of the case have not been made public.