The Security Service prevented a contract killing in Odessa. As a result of preemptive actions, an FSB agent was detained in the city who was preparing the elimination of a commander of a unit of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The perpetrator installed a GPS tracker on the military officer’s car, which a hired killer was supposed to use to track and kill the Ukrainian serviceman with a firearm.
The investigation found that the preparation of the assassination was carried out by a former resident of Kirovohrad region who had lived in Russia for the past 15 years. She came to the attention of the FSB when she applied to the Moscow office of Viktor Medvedchuk’s political project “Other Ukraine.”
There, the woman hoped to receive legal assistance after being accused of theft. However, instead of legal consultation, representatives of the former MP “handed over” the suspect to FSB officers.
In exchange for having her case “closed,” Russian intelligence officers sent the agent to Odessa to prepare an assassination attempt on a commander of a Special Operations Forces unit.
After arriving in the port city, the agent rented an apartment in the same building where the serviceman lived. She also purchased a used car with FSB funding in order to covertly enter the parking lot where the potential target’s vehicle was located.
She then installed a GPS tracker, provided by the FSB before her departure to Ukraine, under the hood of the Ukrainian serviceman’s car.
Using remote access to the “beacon,” Russian intelligence intended to monitor the movement routes and timing of the military officer.
The intelligence gathered by the FSB was to be used to eliminate the Ukrainian special forces officer.
The Security Service detained the agent “in the act” immediately after placing the GPS tracker, when she was traveling by taxi toward the state border in an attempt to escape to Russia via third countries.
During searches, investigators seized a smartphone used to coordinate her actions with her FSB handler under the guise of a “romantic relationship.”
Security Service investigators have charged the agent under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).
The indictment has been sent to court. She faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property. The investigation is ongoing to identify and bring to justice all persons involved in the assassination plot.
