TL;DR
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A Ukrainian family in the Khmelnytskyi region has been sentenced to 15 years for spying, convicted of passing military information to the FSB from February to May 2024.
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Polish authorities have arrested two Ukrainians and three Belarusians on charges of espionage, warning of a hybrid war involving cyber and arson attacks targeting Poland’s support for Ukraine.
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Russia has updated its list of “foreign agents,” incorporating new individuals and the news site Doxa amidst ongoing crackdowns on perceived dissent.
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Ukraine jails woman and her two adult children for Russian spying – and arrests made in Poland
Alongside fighting on the frontline, espionage and intelligence gathering are important parts of both Ukraine’s and Russia’s efforts in the war.
Here’s a summary of some of the latest developments…
Ukraine jails family
In the Khmelnytskyi region, in western Ukraine, a former local official and her son and daughter have been sentenced to 15 years in prison today.
The family “systematically passed data on Ukrainian military facilities to the FSB”, according to the attorney general.
Posting on Telegram, the attorney general said…
“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 defence positions, and the movements of Ukrainian soldiers. In May, they were exposed immediately after another intelligence gathering operation – before passing it on to the enemy.”
Arrests made in Poland
Poland has 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 cyber attacks as part of a “hybrid war” waged by Russia to undermine its support for Ukraine. Moscow denies the accusations.
The suspects, named as Ukrainians Oleksandr S and Sofia
Ch, a minor, and Belarusians Viktoryia M, Anton M and
Uladzimir U, were arrested on 25 and 26 November.
They were allegedly paid in cryptocurrencies, prosecutors added.
Russia updates list of ‘foreign agents’
And in Russia, according to state media there, the justice ministry has added engineer and politician Yevgeny Savostyanov and poet and publicist Vasilina Orlova to the register of “foreign agents”.
It also added the news site Doxa to the same register, it was reported.