One of female executives of occupying "Donbasgaz" has been detained in Uzhhorod, - SSU. PHOTO
The Security Service has detained another accomplice of the Russian Federation who was assisting the enemy in the temporarily occupied part of the Donetsk region. The suspect turned out to be the former head of the so-called gas supply and gasification department at the occupying enterprise ‘Donbasgaz’.
This was reported by Censor.NET, citing the SSU press centre.
The traitor collaborated with the enemy
It is reported that the arrest took place in Uzhhorod, where the suspect had travelled via third countries to attend to personal matters.
The investigation revealed that the perpetrator is a resident of the Volnovakha district with experience in the transport and distribution of energy resources, who defected to the enemy following the capture of the village of Donske.
She was subsequently appointed to the management team of the concern, which had brought the captured gas networks in eastern Ukraine under its control.
Whilst holding this ‘position’ between 2022 and 2023, she carried out managerial, financial and operational activities for Donbasgaz within her designated area of responsibility.
It has been established that, with her involvement, the Russian Federation ‘re-registered’ a complex of structures, equipment and other tangible assets from the captured part of the Ukrainian gas transmission system in the name of the occupying entity.
The suspect also organised the connection of local customers to the gas supply from the Russian operator at "DNR tariffs" to bolster the aggressor country’s budget.
Arrest and charges
- SSU officers documented the suspect’s crimes, established that she had entered territory controlled by Ukraine via the western border, and detained her in a rented flat in Zakarpattia.
- During a search of her premises, two mobile phones and a USB stick containing evidence of her working for the enemy were seized.
- SSU investigators informed the detainee that she is suspected of an offence under Part 1 of Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (aiding an aggressor state).
- The suspect faces up to 12 years’ imprisonment with confiscation of property.
What led up to this?
The SSU recalls that in June 2023, the Security Service served a notice of suspicion in absentia on the occupation "CEO of Donbasgaz", Andrii Ichenko.
