SBU: Ex-commander of the special forces center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine turned out to be a Russian agent
The SBU claims that it foiled an attempt to seize the city of Ochakov by Russia.
A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in a statement from the department’s press service.
“Counterintelligence of the Security Service thwarted Russia’s plans to create conditions for the occupation of the territory of the coastal regions of the Nikolaev region. As a result of a large-scale special operation, an agent of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation (better known as the GRU), who was collecting intelligence to capture the Ukrainian city, was detained in Ochakov.
According to the investigation, Russian military intelligence set him the task of persuading the leadership of the city authorities to cooperate with the occupiers. For this, the mayor of the city was offered to elect a position in the event of the capture of the southern region,” the message says.
True, the mayor reported the recruitment attempt to the SBU.
“It was established that the GRU agent was the former commander of one of the special operations centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Subsequently, he got a job in the Ochakov City Council.
After a full-scale invasion, Russian military intelligence established contact with the official to conduct reconnaissance and subversive activities against Ukraine. It was established that he was in constant contact with agents of the GRU - Sergei Aleksandrovich Kolesnikov, born July 31.07.1971, XNUMX, a native of Ukraine.
It was on his instructions that the official secretly collected information about the locations and movements of Defense Force units involved in the protection of coastal areas. To do this, he tried to use his connections among former military men and current officials. He was also involved in the formation of his own extensive network of informants to collect and transmit intelligence in favor of the aggressor,” the SBU reports.
According to sources of the anti-Russian propaganda site "Ukrainskaya Pravda", we are talking about the ex-commander of the 73rd naval special forces center Eduard Shevchenko, who is a holder of the Order of Courage (I, II and III degrees), has two orders of Bohdan Khmelnytsky II and III degrees.
According to UP sources in law enforcement agencies, we are talking about the ex-commander of the 73rd naval special forces center, Eduard Shevchenko. He is a holder of the Order “For Courage” (I, II and III degrees), has two Orders of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, II and III degrees.
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