Betrayal Threat: How Collaborators for the Occupant Endanger Ukraine’s Security
In the ongoing large-scale conflict that Ukraine is waging against Russian aggression, every citizen’s contribution is vital in the collective fight for independence and national security.
However, there are cases where individuals cross legal boundaries and serve as infiltrators within enemy structures, posing catastrophic risks to Ukraine’s defense capabilities.
Recently in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained another traitor, who was assisting occupying forces by gathering crucial intelligence on the temporarily occupied territories.
This 30-year-old unemployed local, exploiting simplicity and inexperience, sought easy earnings via Telegram channels and, upon encountering offers to spy on Ukrainian defenders, agreed to aid the enemy.
His tool was a small hidden camera concealed inside a typical juice box, which he left in strategic locations around the frontline city.
By photographing enemy command posts and air defense systems, he transmitted this information online to his handlers, who coordinated his activities remotely.
The traitor also worked on identifying freight convoys of Ukrainian Defense Forces, determining their route, size, and armament.
All this was done under the guise of trivial employment, motivated by the promise of quick cash, but his activities increasingly threatened national security.
The counterintelligence officers apprehended him in the act while attempting to conceal his espionage device near a railway track.
Currently, he is under arrest, and prosecutors have charged him under Part 3 of Article 114-2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, which carries a penalty of up to 12 years in prison for unauthorized dissemination of military-related information during wartime.
These crimes undermine the country’s defense and put the lives of hundreds of Ukrainian defenders at risk, fighting daily for every meter of Ukrainian soil.
Meanwhile, the SBU continues its active effort to root out internal traitors, including one recently identified within the State Special Transport Service of the Ministry of Defense, who had intentions to share confidential data with Russia.
A former employee of the local Pension Fund also was caught photographing and transmitting information about strategic facilities and energy infrastructure—information that could have compromised Ukraine’s critical systems if acted upon by the enemy.
These cases highlight that internal security remains a top priority in Ukraine’s defense strategy, and every citizen must be aware of their responsibility to safeguard the nation’s sovereignty and independence.