Security Service of Ukraine detains a local who served as artillery observer for the occupiers in Kryvyi Rih

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA — THURSDAY, 21 JULY 2022, 10:41 AM

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The Security Service of Ukraine has detained an employee of a major company in Kryvyi Rih who helped the invaders by reporting fire corrections to them in the city, and who may have been involved in rocket attacks by the invaders on the local airport in March.

Source: the press services of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Office of the Attorney General

Quote: "According to the investigation, from May to July 2022, a person acting as an agent for the special services of the Russian Federation transmitted, via Telegram, screenshots of Google Maps with tags on the locations of military facilities, military personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of  Kryvyi Rih. 

Details: The detainee had also provided the invaders with information about the results of attacks already carried out on critical and civilian infrastructure facilities – airports and bridges of the city and region.

The invaders used the information received to plan initial and repeated attacks on these targets.

The detainee's involvement in correcting fire for the missile strike on Kryvyi Rih airport on March 10 is also being checked.

During the searches, the detainee was found to have means of communication that he used to communicate with his Russian handler. The correspondence contains details of being given tasks as an agent and of reports on their implementation.

Background: On 9 July, Russian missiles destroyed an industrial enterprise in the urban-type settlement of Radushne, Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk oblast.