Arrested in Crimea saboteurs confessed to the preparation of operations
MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. The FSB released video of the interrogation of two alleged spies arrested in the Crimea, during which they admitted that they are in the Main intelligence Directorate of the defense Ministry of Ukraine and their goal was intelligence-gathering and sabotage training.
The video of the FSB, arrived in TASS, — questioning two suspects Sterlikova Dmitry and Alexei Bessarabov.
According to Dmitry Sterlikova born in Chita 8 November 1970, he graduated from the Kiev higher military command school. Frunze in 1992. “I am a soldier of Ukraine since 1992. Upon completion in 1998 of the military-diplomatic Institute at the National Academy of defense of Ukraine became an officer Hur”, — he told, answering an appropriate question of the investigator.
Currently Shtyblikov has the rank of Colonel and is the chief of operations for the DIU of Ukraine, prior to that, he served in various positions Maritime intelligence center in Sevastopol.
On the question of what tasks he received after joining the Crimea and Sevastopol in the Russian Federation, Shtyblikov said that among them was the gathering of intelligence on the location of new units of the Russian Armed forces on the Peninsula, “selection of targets for sabotage,” the collection of intelligence information and data on the composition, deployment, organizational structure, tasks of military units in the Crimea, separately obtaining information on the purposes, phases of the exercises in the Crimea.
The ways of communication
“Information conveyed to WTP via the Internet using encryption software. A clear timetable was not. Once or twice a week, always,” admitted Shtyblikov. Also from the curator he had received telephone satellite communication. For the Intel Shtyblikov received a reward. “The money was given by the supervisors while visiting me in the mainland of Ukraine”, — he told.
Legends
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Before joining the Crimea and Sevastopol a part of Russia Shtyblikov according to legend, he worked as a journalist of the public organization “NOMOS”. Then his goal was to study the security of the black sea region, gathering data about the black sea fleet, the study of the political situation, including activities of national organizations, including Crimean Tatar.
“In 2014 for the legalization of their activities, joined a unit of the defense Ministry civilian personnel,” — said Shtyblikov.
Its first curator was Alexander Raids officer Gur of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine, then another officer named Sergei.
Questioning Bessarabova
The second arrested person — the native of the Novgorod region, born in 1976, Alex Bessarabov also reported that a serviceman of the defense Ministry of Ukraine, he served in the research Department of the naval intelligence center of the Ukrainian Navy in Odessa, then — in the Department of special reconnaissance intelligence Directorate of the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy. “Since 2008 are in the service officer of the current operational reserve of the 14th Department of the DIU of Ukraine, Colonel,” said Basarabov.
Detention
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the Arrest of saboteurs in the Crimea disclosed a network of the Ukrainian intelligence
Earlier in FSB of Russia reported that on 9 November in Sevastopol detained members of subversive and terrorist groups of the main intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine, who were committing acts of sabotage on objects of military infrastructure and life support of the Crimea Peninsula. “Detainees seized explosive device of great power, weapons and ammunition, tools, special communications and other material evidences of their criminal activities, including maps of the objects of the alleged acts of sabotage,” said the FSB.
Later, the Leninsky district court of Sevastopol detained three suspects.
August 10, FSB of Russia reported about detention of group of saboteurs on the territory of Crimea, as well as on the prevention of terrorist attacks on the Peninsula, which were prepared by the main intelligence Directorate of the defense Ministry of Ukraine. According to intelligence agencies, the targets of the attacks were identified critical infrastructure and life support of the Peninsula. In the case of the preparation of sabotage and terrorist attacks in the Crimea was detained Andrew Tahta and Evgeny Panov. Both confessed and were arrested.
In early October, the Kiev district court of Simferopol has extended them in respect of the detention period to 10 December.