SBU Detains Woman in Odesa for Planning Russian Missile Strikes

SBU military counterintelligence detained a woman in Odesa who is suspected of preparing coordinates for new Russian missile and drone strikes on the city.

According to the SBU, she was planning to flee to Russia to avoid justice.

At the direction of the enemy, the suspect was to adjust the air attack on the places of basing of the Ukrainian Marines. The occupiers also hoped to obtain the coordinates of the temporary location of Ukrainian border guards and police officers performing tasks on the southern front.

As the investigation revealed, the adjustment was carried out by a 39-year-old local unemployed woman who was waiting for the occupation of Odesa. She wrote about it in comments under pro-Kremlin publications in Telegram channels.

There, she came to the attention of the FSB and, after being recruited remotely, began collecting geolocations of the Defense Forces. To conceal her reconnaissance raids, the agent would go for a walk with her 6-year-old son and take pictures of potential targets' buildings and mark their coordinates on Google maps.

After walking with the child, the woman summarized the agent's report and prepared to hand it over to her Russian supervisor. After completing the enemy's tasks, the occupiers promised their accomplice "evacuation" to Russia through third countries with further employment in the territory of the aggressor country.

The SBU Military Counterintelligence thwarted the plans of the agent and her Russian handlers. The offender was exposed at the initial stage of her intelligence activity, documented and detained in her own home.

During the search, they seized her phone and tablet with anonymous chats in the messenger she used to contact the FSB.

The SBU investigators served the detainee a notice of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law). The detainee is in custody. She faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.

Кирило Бойко