In Rivne the staff of Counterintelligence Department Security Service of Ukraine detained agent of Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Russian armed forces General Staff. This was reported by the press service of Security Service of Ukraine on Facebook.
As noted, a spy - a Ukrainian citizen who resides in Russia, had to recruit one of the senior officers of the Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine.
For the transfer of the documents marked "secret" and "top secret" regarding the combat training, armament and mobilization deployment of military cooperation between the Armed Forces of Ukraine with foreign partners, Russian agent offered Ukrainian officer and his family the Russian citizenship, as well as money. The amount depended on the relevance and importance of military secrets.
As noted, October 7, 2016 Russian spy entered Ukraine to obtain secret documents, on which already "worked" Ukrainian secret service operatives.
The next day he was arrested by SSU during the transferring of the documents with misinformation, which he regarded as the secret military documents.
Earlier in Kharkiv for four years in prison was convicted of a local resident for espionage in favor of Russia.