Ukrainian border guard from Volyn Oblast convicted of treason asks to be handed over to Russia – document
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Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:48:41 +0200
Ihor Kadayev, a 40yearold former head of a border detachment unit in Volyn Oblast, convicted of treason and collaborating with Russian intelligence services, has requested to be handed over to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange.
Source Suspilne media website of the state project Hochu k Svoim I Want to Go Home, a Ukrainian staterun project aimed at swapping convicted collaborators for Ukrainians held in Russian captivity Details In October 2024, Kadayev was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
In November, he sent a letter to the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, asking to be transferred to Russia or Russianoccupied territories.
The former border detachment head was detained in June 2024.
The investigation revealed that he gathered information about Ukraines defence forces along the northern borders of Volyn Oblast, identified fortified positions and estimated the number of Ukrainian troops guarding the border with Belarus.
The Security Service of Ukraine SSU established that Kadayevs handler was Russian Federal Security Service officer Aleksei Dobrytskyi, stationed in temporarily occupied Luhansk.
Investigators believe the Ukrainian border guard was recruited while serving in eastern Ukraine.
In exchange for cooperation, he was promised evacuation to Russian territory and employment within Russian occupation forces.
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