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Alongside frontline fighting, espionage and intelligence gathering are important parts of Ukraine and Russia's war efforts. In the Khmelnitskyi region of western Ukraine, a former local official and her son and daughter were sentenced today to 15 years in prison.
The family "systematically passed data on Ukrainian military facilities to the FSB," according to the prosecutor general.
"It was established that in February 2024, the woman entered into correspondence with a representative of the FSB. Knowing that he was an employee of the special services of the aggressor state, she agreed to cooperate for money and involved her adult children in it. From February to May 2024, they 'simulated' family trips to the Kamianets-Podilskyi district, collecting photos of checkpoints, air defense positions and movements of Ukrainian soldiers. In May, they were exposed immediately after another intelligence-gathering operation - before passing it on to the enemy," the prosecutor said.
Poland has also arrested two Ukrainians and three Belarusians on charges of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence services.
Warsaw warns that Poland has been targeted with arson and cyberattacks as part of a "hybrid war" waged by Russia to undermine its support for Ukraine.
The suspects, named as Ukrainians Oleksandr S and Sofia Ch, a minor, and Belarusians Viktoryia M, Anton M and Uladzimir U, were arrested on November 25 and 26.
Their alleged activities included photographing and transmitting images of critical infrastructure and sites essential to national security in 2024 and early 2025, prosecutors said. They were allegedly paid in cryptocurrency, prosecutors added.
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