In Crimea, two more "Ukrainian saboteurs" were arrested

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested for two months two more alleged "Ukrainian saboteurs", Alexei Stognia and Gleb Shabliya. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the press service of the court.

As explained in court, the "Ukrainian saboteurs" were arrested last week. “However, this became known only on Monday,” the agency notes. The court hearing was held closed. Special services established their connection with three saboteurs, who were detained earlier.

“All five detainees are participants in one sabotage group operating in Sevastopol,” the court emphasized.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the interrogation of the detainees was shown in the "Vesti of the week with Dmitry Kiselev" on the TV channel "Russia 1". According to the investigation, colonel, senior officer of the 13th department of the First Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Stogniy and the captain of the second rank, the officer of the third department of the First Department of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Shabliy worked according to legend. They led business in Crimea, actually engaged in intelligence activities.

"The task is objects, infrastructure, ships of the Black Sea Fleet, questionnaires for officers who serve in the Black Sea Fleet," Stogniy said. "At the direction of the leadership of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, he carried out reconnaissance tasks," Shabliy admitted.

The representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on ATO issues Andrei Lysenko called the detention in Crimea the "new Hybrid War Technology", which Russia is actively leading against Ukraine. "In fact, the Russian special services are trying to discredit the Ukrainian military, who now has a very high level of trust in Ukrainian society. Secondly, to blame Ukraine for supposedly aggressive actions and to show supposedly the effectiveness of the special services," Lysenko said.

“Why such a“ success ”of the FSB? The answer is very simple: there are many former military personnel left in the Crimea who have long left the service, went to the reserve who live with their families and engage in their business. Their personal affairs remained in the military commissariats,” said the representative of the Ministry of Defense. “For any FSB officer, even if he has one day of work, it is not difficult to enter, take the personal work of any reserve and make a personal job of any margin it is "sabotage".

On November 10, the FSB announced the detention of "Ukrainian saboteurs" in Sevastopol. The special services noted that they planned "the commission of sabotage shares at military infrastructure facilities and the life support of the Crimea Peninsula." "The detainees seized high power explosive devices, weapons and ammunition, special communications and other material evidence of their criminal activity, including the maps of the alleged sabotage facilities," the report said.

A day later, the Leninsky district court of Sevastopol at a closed meeting chose all three detained preventive measures in the form of an arrest for a period of two months.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has refuted the information of the FSB. “In reality, the FSB did not delay any saboteurs, since there are no Sevastopol in Crimea and Sevastopol. The Russian special services are thus trying to show their effectiveness by once again misleading the highest Russian leadership, people and the international community,” said the representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Lysenko.

Later, information about saboteurs in Crimea refuted the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. "This next fake of the Russian special services is aimed at concealing repressive actions against the inhabitants of the peninsula, as well as with the aim of discrediting Ukraine in the eyes of the international community," the Gur statement said.

Detained Dmitry Shtyblikov, Alexey Bessarabov and Vladimir Dudka were close friends, often saw and talked, their common friend Pavel Lacquychuk said. All three studied at the faculties of intelligence of military schools, served in the Ukrainian army and, for various reasons, quit back in the 2000s. Friends and relatives of the detainees believe that this is why they came up to Russian special services to factory a case of "Ukrainian saboteurs".

On November 12, it turned out that the weapon that was seized from the "saboteurs" turned out to be intended for playing airsoft . In particular, the FSB recording is airsoft automatic AK KTR CYMA CM040J. The wires characteristic of this model for connecting the battery are visible. Other samples of the seized weapons were identified as an Automatic SP-3 Vikhr machine, also intended for playing airsoft, a MP-654K pneumatic pistol, airsoft grenades with a filler of peas RGS-4. In addition, the video captures empty forms with the seal of the military unit of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine No. A-0235. Until 2014, it was located in Sevastopol. At present, this part no longer exists.

On November 14, the FSB stated that the arrested people confessed the preparation of sabotage and published a video of the interrogation of Shyblikov. At the same time, the special services said that the arrested refused the services of an Agora lawyer Alexander Popkov , an agreement with which was concluded by the relatives of Politzeck.