Ukraine Captures Russian Spy Disposal Monitoring Air Defense System

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JAKARTA - The Ukrainian SBU security service said the authorities identified 12 Russian agents spying on the location of F-16 fighter jets and air defense systems across Ukraine.

Ukraine has arrested the suspect and four accomplices on suspicion of treason and sharing information about the location of the Ukrainian military.

Members of the network work separately to track military airfields and air defense sites in five areas in southern and northeastern Ukraine, as well as addresses of companies working on electronic warfare.

Ukraine received its first shipment of F-16 jets and has deployed them for operations in Ukrainian territory, including for air defenses during Russia's large-scale airstrikes.

The spy group includes a number of defectors who left the Armed Forces unit without permission and were recruited by the Russian special service.

The network members used their acquaintances on the front lines of the Ukrainian military who leaked information without knowing how the information would be used, the intelligence agency said.

They then carried out further reconnaissance near potential targets before conveying information to the group's leaders who then forwarded it to the Russian military intelligence watchdog.