From: Kyiv Post— Ukraine’s security services said the suspect from Pokrovsk was tasked to scout out military locations by a woman he met online, a tactic regularly employed by Russian intelligence agencies.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested a suspect for scouting out locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) after being asked to do so online by a woman he met on a dating site.
The SBU’s Wednesday press releasesaid the 23-year-old suspect from Pokrovsk was recruited when “the young man was looking for a partner on dating sites,” where the Russian agent tasked him with relaying intelligence about Ukrainian positions and coordinating airstrikes.
“A representative of the Russian special service approached the suspect and offered to get to know him ‘better.’
“Subsequently, she sent the young man to go around the area in the Pokrovsk region, where he secretly recorded the positions of defense forces. The individual also reported to the occupiers about the consequences of enemy airstrikes on the city,” the press release said.
The female then reportedly ordered the suspect to do the same thing in Ukraine’s Sumy region, where he rented an apartment to set up an online broadcast, using a mains powered smartphone to continuously monitor the results of Russian strikes.
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