The Security Service prevented the escape of a pro-Kremlin provocateur who had been wanted for almost two and a half years for justifying Russia's war against Ukraine and praising ruscists.
This was reported by the SBU press service.
SBU officers detained the offender near the UOC-MP monastery in Bukovyna, where he was hiding and planning to illegally cross the border to the EU.
According to investigators, the suspect is a 20-year-old resident of Cherkasy who, after the outbreak of the full-scale war, made posts on Instagram in support of the occupiers.
In his comments and publications, the offender praised Kadyrov and the militant groups subordinate to him that are fighting against Ukraine.
At the same time, the provocateur would spread fakes about Ukrainian soldiers and call on them to lay down their arms and surrender to the ruscists.
In July 2022, the offender received a notice of suspicion from the SBU under Part 3 of Art. 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants).
The day before the imposition of the pre-trial restraint, the suspect secretly left his home to hide in a local nunnery of the UOC-MP.
Later, the suspect moved to Ternopil and then Chernivtsi regions. In the western regions of Ukraine, he also hid in churches of the UOC-MP, where he worked as a handyman in exchange for “shelter.”