Details

SBU investigators qualified the offender's actions under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 408 (desertion committed during a special period). Measures are underway to apprehend and prosecute him.

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Context

"According to the case materials, the defendant is a former serviceman of the SZR unit, which until 2014 was stationed in Luhansk. After the occupation of the regional center, the unit was moved to the territory controlled by Ukraine. In the summer of 2015, during a vacation, the defendant secretly, without the knowledge of the leadership, left for the temporarily occupied Luhansk and voluntarily switched to the side of the aggressor, "the report says.

What's next

Subsequently, the defendant got a job in the "MGB LPR", where he was engaged in the detection and detention of Ukrainian patriots and former law enforcement officers in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region, participated in their interrogations. Currently, he continues to serve in the FSB of the Russian Federation and conducts subversive activities to the detriment of the national security of Ukraine, the SBU added.