The suspect was allegedly passing intelligence to Kiev on troops in Ryazan Region and a local military facility
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced the detention of a Ukrainian intelligence recruit accused of spying in the western Ryazan Region.
In a statement on Monday, the agency said the man, a Moldovan national residing in Russia, had maintained contact with a representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency HUR since 2024 via Telegram. Acting on his handler’s instructions, he allegedly gathered and relayed information about a Russian Armed Forces unit and a military-industrial facility in the region.
According to the FSB, in return for his cooperation, the suspect was promised assistance in fleeing to France, after which he planned to travel to Ukraine and join one of its armed formations to fight against Russia.
The FSB’s investigative department in Ryazan Region has opened a criminal case for ‘state treason in the form of espionage’. A court has ordered that the suspect be held in custody.
The agency warned that Ukrainian intelligence actively recruits through the internet, social media, and messenger apps such as Telegram and WhatsApp to involve Russian citizens in sabotage and acts of terrorism. It added that anyone assisting the Kiev regime will be prosecuted.
The FSB regularly reports on foiled terrorist plots and sabotage attempts on behalf of Kiev. Last week, a Russian national suspected of planning a bomb attack and attempting to flee to Ukraine was killed in a shootout with law enforcement in Western Siberia. A week earlier, the agency thwarted a Ukrainian plot to blow up a railway bridge in Saratov Region, killing a Russian suspect after he opened fire on officers.
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