The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has prevented the transfer of advanced Ukrainian military shipbuilding technologies to Russian and Iranian intelligence services.
As a result of a multi-level special operation in Mykolaiv, an engineer-designer from a strategic enterprise of Ukroboronprom was caught red-handed.
The official clandestinely copied and attempted to leak technical documentation regarding Ukrainian secret developments to foreign intelligence agencies.
According to SBU counterintelligence, the culprit intended to provide information to two "clients" simultaneously. The first was a Russian national working at one of Russia's machine-building plants and collaborating with the country's intelligence agencies.
The other "client" of the intelligence was an Iranian citizen who had previously been convicted of espionage in Ukraine. Currently, the foreigner resides in a Middle Eastern country and works for Iranian intelligence under the guise of an employee of a local high-tech production company.
Both foreigners acted independently of each other, maintaining contact with the Ukrainian traitor engineer through anonymous chats on a messenger platform.
According to available information, foreign intelligence services hoped to obtain Ukraine's latest developments to establish mass production of their own military ship components.
Among the main companies planning to use Ukrainian technologies were Russian shipyards constructing vessels for the Russian military fleet.
However, SBU counterintelligence acted preventively, timely exposing and documenting the traitor's criminal actions. Thanks to this, the attempt to transfer strategically important Ukrainian developments abroad was thwarted.
During the search of the detainee, a mobile phone used for copying secret documents and communicating with foreign spies was seized.
Currently, the SBU investigators have informed him of the suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (state treason committed under conditions of martial law).
The culprit is in custody and faces life imprisonment.
The investigation continues to establish all the circumstances of the crime and bring the guilty parties to justice.
The special operation was carried out by SBU employees in the Mykolaiv region under the procedural guidance of the Mykolaiv Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the Defense Sphere of the Southern Region.
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