Ukrainian train engineer sentenced for spying for Russia
A 42-year-old assistant train engineer from Kharkiv Oblast has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for passing information to Russian military intelligence. The man was spying on the movements of Ukrainian military trains.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the sentencing of the assistant train engineer, who was found guilty of treason. He had passed information about the movements of Ukrainian trains carrying weapons to Russian military intelligence (GRU).
According to the SBU, the convict recorded the directions of military train movements in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions, trying to determine the routes for transporting weapons to the front lines.
He also collected data on fortifications and command positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The gathered information was sent via a special chatbot operated by the Russian special services.
The court found the man guilty of treason and the unauthorized dissemination of information about the movements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Besides the prison sentence, he also faced property confiscation.
The SBU is intensifying actions against saboteurs within the country. In recent months, they have successfully neutralized several agent networks that were planning attacks on strategic facilities.
Sabotage on Ukrainian railways foiled
The Security Service of Ukraine also neutralized a network of GRU agents who were planning attacks on the Ukrainian railway. Cameras were hidden around the tracks, disguised as bird nests, to record acts of sabotage.
SBU counterintelligence prevented large-scale diversions on Ukrzaliznytsia's state railway facilities.
The SBU managed to capture a Russian agent who was preparing to derail a train using a self-made obstacle. To record the crime, he had previously placed several cameras around the railway tracks, disguised as bird nests, to capture the sabotage in real time.
