US EditionUkrainian Air Force Officer Accused of Spying for Russia
UKRAINE, JUL 30 – The detained officer allegedly aided Russian strikes by leaking locations and tactics for F-16, Mirage 2000, and Su-24 aircraft, critical to Ukraine's defense, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Security Service of Ukraine detained an unidentified Ukrainian Air Force major and flight instructor for allegedly leaking F-16 and Mirage 2000 locations and providing strike tactics.
- Amid Russia’s air strike campaign, Moscow regularly targets airfields with Western-provided weapons like the F-16 and Mirage 2000 jets, which are critical to Ukraine’s defenses.
- The suspect gathered aircraft coordinates, flight schedules, operational protocols, and communicated via an anonymous email channel and secure messenger chats, investigators say.
- Planning charges under Article 111, Part 2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code after he was detained while attempting to gather a new batch of information, investigators intend to charge him with life imprisonment with property confiscation.
- Amid counterintelligence operations, the Security Service of Ukraine uncovered another Russian military intelligence agent within the Defense Forces and detained two Chinese nationals suspected of spying on Ukraine’s Neptune anti-ship missile programme.
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The depth of the penetration of Russian spies into the Ukrainian state remains a daily challenge for Kiev. Moscow even infiltrated two sleeping agents in Ukraine.
A Ukrainian flight instructor would be a double agent on behalf of Moscow. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) claims that this officer, a major, would have transmitted to Russia the precise coordinates of airfields where Ukrainian fighter aircraft are located, reveals a statement from the SBU obtained by the English press agency Reuters. According to this statement, the priority targets "were in particular the aerodromes where F-16, Mirage 200…
An officer of the Kiev Air Force is suspected of espionage and would have delivered to Russia the position of F-16 and Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft. How could this leak jeopardize the air strategy...
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