In the Kirovograd region, law enforcement officers detained an accomplice of the Russian Federation, who set fire to the official car of a National Guard special forces soldier and was preparing sabotage against the TCC.
On instructions from the Russian Federation, a woman set fire to a National Guard car: what is known
According to counterintelligence data, a woman deliberately set fire to the official pickup truck of an instructor of the Omega Special Forces Unit of the National Guard.
To set the car on fire, the defendant purchased a flammable incendiary and tracked the place where the Ukrainian defender left the car.
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Then the attacker agreed on a potential target with Russian curators and set fire to a National Guard vehicle at night.
In order to later report to the Russian invaders about the completed task, she filmed on her phone all her steps while preparing and setting the car on fire.
The enemy planned to use these videos for information operations that were supposed to spread fakes about the alleged presence of an anti-Ukrainian underground in the Kirovograd region.
Detention of an accomplice of the Russian Federation who set fire to the car of a National Guard special forces soldier
The SBU officers managed to detain the attacker almost immediately (within 24 hours) after the crime was committed.
According to the investigation, the next task of the defendant was to set fire to the building of the local shopping center using a Molotov cocktail. The Russians promised to pay her for this — the amount depended on the scale of the fire.
The attacker turned out to be a 28-year-old resident of Alexandria. Russians paid attention to her early this summer because of her activity in Telegram channels, where she was looking for easy money.
The attacker’s phone with evidence of the crime was confiscated, as well as the components of a homemade incendiary mixture and the clothes in which she set fire to the National Guard car.
The attacker is now in custody. She was informed of suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (obstruction of the legitimate activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations).
In addition, the issue of additional qualification of her criminal actions under Part 2 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law).
The woman faces life imprisonment.
