FSB: in Moscow detained Crimean for smuggling arms to Ukraine
The FSB detained a resident of Sevastopol on the territory of the Moscow region. According to the intelligence service, the man on the instructions of the SBU was smuggling weapons to Ukraine.
The FSB detained a resident of Sevastopol on the territory of the Moscow region. According to the intelligence service, the man on the instructions of the SBU was smuggling weapons to Ukraine.
The detainee is a Russian citizen born in 1979, other details about him are not given. According to the press release of the FSB, the man through the messenger established contact with the SBU employee. On his instructions, the detainee organized the supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine through third countries “for subsequent use by the enemy in the zone of the SVO”.
A criminal case was initiated on treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and on the smuggling of weapons by preliminary conspiracy (P. “in” part 2 of Art. 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). By court order, the detainee was arrested. The FSB reminded that the man faces up to life imprisonment.
