Ukrainian rail sabotage plot thwarted; engineer sentenced
A 42-year-old assistant train engineer from Kharkiv Oblast was 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 42-year-old assistant train engineer from Kharkiv Oblast to 15 years in prison. The man was found guilty of treason for passing 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, attempting to determine the routes for transporting weapons to the front line.
He also collected data on fortifications and command positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The gathered information was sent via a special chatbot of the Russian special services.
The court found the man guilty of treason and unauthorized dissemination of information about the movements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition to the prison sentence, he was also subjected to property confiscation.
The SBU is intensifying actions against saboteurs operating in the country. In recent months, they have successfully neutralised several agent networks that were planning attacks on strategic facilities.
Sabotage on Ukrainian railways foiled
The Security Service of Ukraine also neutralised 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 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 the first 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.
