Crimean Prosecutor Indicts Dzhankoy Resident for Espionage for Ukraine

The Russian-controlled Crimean prosecutor's office has indicted a resident of Dzhankoy who allegedly collected data on Russian military facilities and passed it to Ukrainian special services.

According to Crimea.Realii, this was reported by the Russian agency. They claim that in 2022, the man left Crimea for the territory controlled by Kyiv, where he allegedly established contact with representatives of the Ukrainian special services.

"After returning, he allegedly collected geolocation data of military facilities of the Russian army and the Russian Guard on assignment, sending it via messengers. The criminal case was transferred to the Russian Supreme Court of Crimea," the media quoted the occupiers as saying.

The name and surname of the detainee is not mentioned, and he has not made any public comments. It is impossible to verify the statement of the Russian side in the conditions of war. Ukrainian special services did not comment on the detention.

Human rights activists predict that the number of cases under articles on treason, collaboration and espionage initiated by Russian security forces will probably increase several times. Now the FSB initiates such cases almost every day, while before 2014 there were no more than 10 a year. After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the article on high treason has actually become one of the most popular in Russia for those who oppose the war.

For example, in September 2024, Russian security forces detained Asan Bay, a resident of the village of Novodmitrivka, Henichesk district, Kherson region . For seven months, the man has been in a pre-trial detention center, and his relatives are prohibited by the Russian authorities from disclosing information about his detention.

Also, the occupation court illegally sentenced a member of the Crimean Tatar battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan to 3.5 years in a strict regime colony. The man was allegedly "provided with firearms and carried out checks of persons and vehicles at checkpoints on the border with Crimea, guarded the facilities of the illegal military formation".

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