{"id":205007,"date":"2026-09-24T13:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205007\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:07:31","slug":"kyiv-man-sentenced-for-high-treason-over-links-to-russian-belarusian-secret-services","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205007\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv man sentenced over links to Russian, Belarusian secret services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(SBU)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A judge in Kyiv sentenced a 49-year-old local man to 15 years in prison on high treason charges filed over his connections to the Russian and Belarusian special services, the Office of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man reportedly collaborated with Belarusian and Russian intelligence services from October 2025, passing on information about the locations of Ukrainian defenses and critical infrastructure facilities in Kyiv. Investigators began to suspect him after discovering pro-Kremlin comments he had posted on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man also photographed the locations of Ukrainian military personnel and passed on information about their whereabouts, prosecutors said, noting that he sent this data via Telegram channels and chatbots operated by Belarusian and Russian agencies, including a chatbot of the Belarusian State Border Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sbu-agent-zaderzhanie-20251229-SBU.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">SBU arrests suspected agent linked to Belarus\u2019 border committee<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 29, Pozirk. 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