An assassination attempt on the commander of an airborne brigade was foiled in Mykolaiv

In Mykolaiv, an assassination attempt on the commander of one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ airborne assault brigades was foiled. A conscript was detained who, acting on orders from the FSB, was supposed to launch a missile strike on the headquarters.

This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine.

According to the SBU, the suspect was supposed to show the Russians the commander’s exact location in real time and guide a missile toward the brigade headquarters. SBU officers acted preemptively. They had secured the locations where the paratroopers were stationed in advance and detained the suspect on the unit’s premises.

At the time of his arrest, the agent was preparing to transmit the coordinates of the location where the brigade commander was supposed to be to his FSB handler. A smartphone was seized from him containing “reports” to the Russian intelligence officer regarding preparations for the officer’s assassination.

<picture></picture>Screenshot from the SBU

According to the case file, the Russians took notice of him when he was seeking intimate relationships on Telegram dating channels. After being recruited, he communicated with an FSB officer in an anonymous chat on the messaging app.

On his handler’s orders, he gathered information about the locations where the brigade’s command was based. To do this, the man used his position as a driver.

According to the SBU, the man reported to the enemy:

• the location of the brigade’s command post;
• where the Ukrainian Armed Forces store and launch attack drones used to strike the aggressor country’s rear lines.

SBU investigators informed the detainee that he is suspected of violating Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This constitutes high treason committed under martial law.

Ірина Глухова