Designer of defense industry enterprise in Russia was accused of espionage in favor of Ukraine. VIDEO

A designer of a defence-industrial enterprise was detained in Rostov-on-Don. He is accused of passing on to Ukrainian intelligence information about defence industry enterprises, Russian air defence facilities and the deployment of military personnel in the city.

Censor.NET reports this with reference to the Russian media.

The FSB stated that it had documented and stopped the illegal activities of a design engineer at a defence industry enterprise in Rostov-on-Don.

According to her, from February to April 2023, "this Russian citizen, in the course of correspondence in Internet messengers with an employee of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, fulfilling his tasks, and also proactively transmitted information about the location of defence industry enterprises, as well as air defence facilities and personnel of the Russian Armed Forces deployed in Rostov-on-Don".

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The Investigative Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia opened a criminal case under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "High treason in the form of espionage".