Former SBU expert on Crimea calls for support of special operation and preparations in the Baltic States

A former SBU officer, he is suspected of high treason and spreading pro-Russian propaganda through social media. He is accused of supporting Russian aggression, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order and waging war against Ukraine.

This was stated in the suspicion of the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to the prosecutor's office, Denis Belagin, a citizen of Ukraine who served in operational positions in the Security Service of Ukraine and lived in Pryluky from May 2012 to May 2017, is suspected of high treason and spreading pro-Russian propaganda.

It is known that, having knowledge of the methods of intelligence and subversive activities and information warfare, since 2022, Belagin has been posting on his Odnoklassniki page calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order in Ukraine, changing state borders, waging an aggressive war and supporting the armed aggression of the aggressor state.

According to the investigation, Belagin repeatedly distributed pro-Russian publications. In particular, on September 19, 2024, he liked a material with images of military equipment against the background of the Russian flag with calls to support the so-called special operation in Ukraine, and also distributed posts with calls beginning with the words "That Putin is a fighter" and ending with the words "he is doing everything right."

In addition, not earlier than June 2023, while in the occupied territory of Crimea, Belagin posted a post with a picture of Ramzan Kadyrov, which contained calls for an aggressive war.

Based on the totality of these actions, Denis Belagin is suspected of aiding the aggressor state, spreading calls for aggressive war, overthrowing the constitutional order and other crimes under Articles 111-2, 436, 110 and 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The investigation is currently ongoing.

According to Antikor, Denis Belagin worked at the SBU in Kyiv from 1999 to 2014. He graduated from Kharkiv University of Internal Affairs. In March 2022, he was detained on suspicion of adjusting fire at the airfield in Havryshivka near Vinnytsia. The Myrotvorets portal indicated that he is a former employee of the SBU in Vinnytsia region, born in the Russian Federation, in Vladivostok, in 1979.

Recently, the SBU has served 20 former Ukrainian law enforcement officers from the fake police of Novotroitske in Kherson region with suspicion. They are accused of collaboration, kidnapping and torture. According to the investigation, in the spring of 2022, the occupiers created a pseudo-police force, which recruited local traitors who tortured Kherson residents and looted businesses.

Анна Бальчінос