Friday14 February 2025
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I drafted propaganda theses for Russia that were later featured on Solovyov's show: an agent was sentenced in Kharkiv.

A resident of Kharkiv was preparing talking points for a Russian military correspondent who managed a YouTube channel and disseminated her information during broadcasts by propagandists Solovyov and Skabeeva.
В Харькове осудили агента, который писал тезисы российской пропаганды, которые затем звучали на шоу Соловьева.

A 42-year-old resident of Kharkiv was sentenced to actual imprisonment for collaborating with Russian military personnel: the woman provided information about the positions of the Armed Forces and also prepared talking points for public appearances of a well-known Russian military correspondent. The information she gathered was passed on to Russian intelligence agencies, which used it to coordinate strikes. This was reported by the press service of the SBU on January 27.

The collaborator was detained back in 2024, but she remained in custody until her trial began. Ultimately, she received an 11-year prison sentence with confiscation of property, as stated by the agency's press service.

One aspect of the Kharkiv resident's work for the Russian intelligence services involved attempts to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine by posing as ordinary residents of the city, as well as justifying the air missile strikes by Russians on Kharkiv.

The "work" she provided was "amplified" by a propagandist military correspondent, whose name is not mentioned in the SBU report, during his broadcasts, and then transmitted for airing on the propaganda shows of Skabeeva and Solovyov, which are broadcast on Russian television.

The SBU also managed to uncover that the Kharkiv resident actively gathered information about the deployment and movement of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions: she photographed checkpoints, air defense missile systems, and documented the aftermath of missile strikes on Ukrainian targets.

It is also worth noting that the SBU reported the arrest of another Russian agent—a 56-year-old employee of a Ukrainian bank, who was actually a Russian citizen carrying out tasks from the GRU. The man exploited his acquaintance with a local official who had access to classified information and deceived her into "obtaining" the necessary data. This information later aided the Russians in planning and adjusting missile strikes.

Due to the fact that the offender agreed to cooperate with the court, he received a 10-year prison sentence with confiscation of property.