Six people accused of helping Russia strike an apartment building in the eastern Donetsk region have been detained and charged with treason, Ukraine’s SBU security service said Wednesday.
Russian Iskander missiles struck the city of Pokrovsk on 7 August 2023, killing nine people and injuring dozens of others in an attack that damaged a residential block.
“SBU counter-intelligence neutralised a group of Russian military intelligence agents in the Donetsk region. Six Russian agents were simultaneously detained,” the SBU said.
According to the SBU, the suspects were recruited by a “curator from the Russian military intelligence” via pro-Kremlin Telegram channels.
The group also prepared “coordinates for missile strikes” on Ukrainian bases near the city of Avdiivka, which fell to Russian forces after heavy fighting in February, the SBU said.
