KHARKIV – The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports it has detained a Kharkiv citizen engaged in “sabotage and intelligence activities as part of illegal armed groups” fighting on the side of Russia-backed separatists, who actively participated in hostilities against the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine.
According to the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine, officers of the special services established that the man, on his own initiative, joined the separatists in 2014.
According to the SBU, after returning to Kharkiv region for rest, the fighter continued to maintain contacts with the representatives of the separatists, and also recruited local residents to participate in illegal armed groups. The Security Service of Ukraine says that the man planned to return to the occupied territory and join the Luhansk separatists.
