Recruited agents for Russia's GRU and defended them in courts: Security Service of Ukraine detains Kyiv lawyer

SSU counterintelligence agents and investigators recently detained a Ukrainian working for the aggressor country Russia in Kyiv. The man was a local lawyer who recruited people for the Russian secret service and defended already exposed enemy collaborators in court.

According to the investigation, the lawyer was recruited by GRU officer Vitaly Naumov during a personal meeting in Russia back in 2015. He now faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property, the SSU and the Office of the Prosecutor General inform.

The Telegram channel operativnoZSU writes that the traitor is a Kyiv lawyer Volodymyr Yievhlevskyi.

The legal practitioner, under the guise of his activities, cooperated with the intelligence center of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. In particular, he recruited his clients undergoing criminal proceedings to fulfill the tasks of the aggressor state.

After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, one of the people he recruited passed on the information about the location, movement and weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kharkiv to Russian intelligence. This person was also exposed and has already been convicted.

The Kyiv-based lawyer also shared information about SSU officers who were mentioned in criminal proceedings and who exposed traitors. He copied and passed on the procedural documents to representatives of the Russian GRU.

"For each completed task, the agent received a financial 'reward' from Naumov, which was transferred to him anonymously. It is known that the lawyer first helped the Russians find another traitor to adjust the enemy's strikes on Ukraine, and after the informant was detained, he defended him in court," the statement said.

SSU officers have documented all of Volodymyr's crimes and detained him at his place of residence in Kyiv. During the searches, they seized his cell phone, which he used to communicate with the enemy and other agents.

Based on the evidence collected, the detainee was served a notice of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).

The investigation into the case is ongoing and is being conducted by the SSU Main Investigation Department. The issue of choosing a measure of restraint against the offender is currently being decided too.

As previously reported, the National Police stated that Russia recruited Ukrainians through social networks in 2014 as well. Enemy special services lured them into committing terrorist acts and sabotage, as well as obstructing the activities of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

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