Director of Russian company that helped Moscow launch spy satellites detained in Kharkiv – video, photos
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Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:11:18 +0200
The Security Service of Ukraine SSU and the cyber police have detained a Russian asset working for Russias Aerospace Forces in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
Source SSU Ukraines National Police Prosecutor Generals Office Details The suspect, a 47yearold resident of Kharkiv, is the CEO of a Russian company in Volgograd that is engaged in the configuration of the KondorFKA and ObzorR spy satellites.
The Russians use these space systems to detect the current geolocation of Ukrainian forces, adjust fire and conduct reconnaissance, SSU noted.
In order to calibrate and adjust the Russian satellites, the suspect established agreements with Roscosmos, the Russian state corporation overseeing space flights, cosmonaut programmes and aerospace research.
While remaining in Kharkiv during 20232024, the suspect remotely installed, calibrated, and adjusted specialised radar equipment for the Russian Aerospace Forces, collaborating with other Russian institutions.
Under the terms of the signed agreement, the defendant instructed the transfer of his companys testing facility to the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The contractor signed all the necessary documents via email and gave instructions to his subordinates in Russia via messenger chats.
The investigation also revealed that before the outbreak of the fullscale war, the suspect had been living in Russia for a long time and even became a participant in a programme for resettlement to Russia.
Certificate of a participant in the state programme to assist voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of compatriots residing abroad Photo Ukraines National Police Ukrainian law enforcement documented the subversive activities of the offender and detained him at his home in Kharkiv.
The police, with support from the TOR and BPOP special forces, conducted 14 authorised searches at the homes of the suspect and his potential accomplices in Kharkiv, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Law enforcement officials seized documents, seals, computer equipment, electronic storage devices, and cash in foreign currency, particularly Russian roubles, amounting to approximately UAH 11 million approx.
US266,000.
The seized money Photo Ukraines National Police During the searches, the law enforcement officers seized the mans Russian passport.
The assets Russian passport Photo Ukraines National Police The suspect has been remanded in custody without the right to be released on bail.
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