Ukraine arrests security official suspected of spying for Russia

The self-purification of the SBU continues,

said Malyuk

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

This is impossible. Russia has never and will never discuss the topic of exchanging its territory,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, shortly after Russia hit Kyiv with a deadly drone and missile attack

Using encrypted software bookmarks, we penetrated the traitor's gadgets — mobile terminals, computers,

Malyuk was quoted as saying in the SBU's statement

We continue to self-clean our ranks. And this process will continue,

said Malyuk, who added

We practically had to live together with him. That’s how we managed to document him passing information to the Russians,

Malyuk said in a statement sent to POLITICO

Vasyl MalyuksBU chief

We used encrypted software to get into his gadgets. We were constantly 'living' with him... And we managed to qualitatively document the collection and transmission of information to the enemy,

said SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk

The official worked for the enemy not only for ideological but also for financial reasons,

Ukraine's SBU said

Vasyl MalyuksBU chief

The Security Service’s self-purification continues. No matter how hard the enemy tries to infiltrate our ranks – they think they have all the possible forms and methods of secrecy – they will not succeed. Because we detect, document and detain them in a timely manner,

Maliuk said

It was a highly complex investigation and subsequent multi-step implementation, during which we used all possible overt and covert forms and methods of our activities, as well as the entire possible variety of operational and technical measures. Using encrypted software bookmarks, we penetrated the traitor's gadgets – mobile phones and computers. We actually lived with him and conducted audio and video monitoring. In the process, we managed to qualitatively document the traitor's collection and transmission of relevant information to the enemy."

Quote from Maliuk

The Head of the Security Service was personally a member of the operational and investigative group that was evaluating the traitor and led the operation to detain him. Vasyl Maliuk directly reported on all stages of the special operation to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."

Quote from the press service

In case of arrest, the perpetrator would blame the Russian special services for allegedly ordering these attacks,

the SVR said