Ukrainian citizens detained over alleged FSB plot to expose F‑16 bases
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two Ukrainian citizens accused of collaborating with the Russian FSB in identifying bases for F-16 aircraft.
The SBU has announced the arrest of two Ukrainian nationals who were reportedly working on behalf of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Their mission was to locate bases where F-16 aircraft and combat helicopters, which Ukraine has received from Western countries, are stationed.
Detention of agents
"As a result of a special operation near a Ukrainian military airfield, two Russian agents were caught in the act of photographing the takeoff of an F-16 aircraft," stated the Security Service of Ukraine. The detainees are two residents of Kremenchuk in the Poltava region, aged 22 and 21.
According to the SBU, the young men were recruited by a female FSB officer who has already been identified. Their assignment was to gather coordinates of airfields and aviation infrastructure sites, potentially facilitating future missile and drone attacks by Russia. They were intercepted at the initial stage of executing their task.
The SBU's investigation materials will be forwarded to the prosecutor's office. The detainees risk facing a life sentence for treason under martial law, along with the confiscation of property.