Hunted for foreign howitzers in Kherson region: court sentences spy

A former taxi driver and now a security guard was convicted of collaborating with the Russian FSB. He transmitted data on Ukrainian artillery and adjusted shelling in the Kherson region.

According to the SBU, the man was detained in the summer of 2023 when he was collecting information about the positions of the Ukrainian military in Kherson region.

According to the agency, the employee of the security firm began cooperating with the FSB after the full-scale invasion. The Russians contacted him through a messenger and offered to collect data on the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy was interested in the positions of artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, including foreign M777 howitzers. The agent not only transmitted the coordinates of the military, but also had to adjust the shelling in real time.

The SBU detained the man while collecting information about the Ukrainian military. The investigation revealed that the agent had worked as a taxi driver in Moscow back in the 2000s, where he came to the attention of the FSB.

Now he has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.

Meanwhile, a resident of Genichesk who resettled Russian soldiers in other people's homes, helped set up checkpoints and supported passportization on the left bank of the Kherson region faces up to 12 years in prison.

Recently, the court sentenced a resident of Chornobaivka who organized a base for Russian military equipment and helped to resettle Russians during the occupation of Kherson region. The man was found guilty of aiding the aggressor state and sentenced to 10 years.

The former head of the village of Volodymyrivka, Olena Zavorikhina, who sided with the Russians on her own, was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. She became the head of the village and was appointed head of the so-called occupation administration of Volodymyrivka, which was later "annexed" by the Russians to the "Skadovsk municipal district".

Ірина Глухова