A resident of the LPR was detained for espionage in favor of the Ukrainian special services

The Directorate of the Federal Security Service (UFSB) of Russia for the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) suppressed the illegal activities of a man who transmitted information about the location of the Russian Armed Forces to the Ukrainian special services. The press service of the ministry informed about this on May 16.

A criminal case was opened against him in accordance with Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Espionage").

"In the summer of 2023, at my wife's request, I began transmitting information about the location of Russian military personnel. <...> At the request of his wife, he wanted to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces of Ukraine. — Ed.)," the man said in a video provided by the FSB.

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The authorities explain this decision by the "principle of social justice"

Earlier, on April 7, the Kherson Regional Court sentenced a 19-year-old resident of the region to nine years in prison in a penal colony for espionage and treason. It was established that in the period from January to July 2023, as a citizen of Ukraine, and subsequently as a citizen of the Russian Federation, on the instructions of foreign intelligence, she recorded on her phone objects used by the Russian Armed Forces (AF) and state authorities.