FSB: a court in Russia gave an intelligence officer of Ukraine 6.5 years for working with saboteurs in Crimea
In Russia, the court sentenced , 5 years of imprisonment of the employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Sergey Shvidenko, who was in charge of the sabotage group in Crimea. This was reported to TASS by the FSB public relations center.
Based on materials from the Russian special services, Captain 1st Rank Shvidenko, born in 1969, was found guilty of preparing crimes against the security of Russia.
According to the FSB , the senior officer of the GUR on the territory of Ukraine prepared saboteurs from the employees of his unit and sent them to Crimea. There they were detained in 2016 – Colonel Dmitry Shtyblikov, born in 1970, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Stogniy, born in 1975, Captain 2nd Rank Gleb Shabliy, born in 1975, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Bessarabov, born in 1976 and intelligence agent Vladimir Dudka, born in 1964. p>
Saboteurs were preparing to blow up the tower of the radio and television broadcasting center of Crimea, a mobile gas turbine power plant, a fuel and lubricants warehouse and a mast of the radio center of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy.
Their supervisor was detained by FSB officers in July 2021. During the interrogation, Shvidenko spoke in detail about the sabotage planned in Russia and said that the special operation was led by his immediate superior – Colonel Nikolai Spodar, who heads the operations department “Yug” of the GUR.