SSU detains Chinese spies who collected secret technologies of Ukraine's Neptune missiles production
Security Service of Ukraine
12:30, 9 July 2025
In Kyiv, the SSU Counterintelligence has detained two citizens of the People's Republic of China who were attempting to illegally provide secret documentation on the Ukrainian RK-360MC Neptune missile system to China.
This is a unique weapon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, designed to destroy all types of combat and landing ships. It was the Neptune that destroyed the flagship of the russian Black sea fleet, the missile cruiser Moskva.
The investigation established that one of the Chinese spies was a 24-year-old former student of one of Kyiv's technical universities. He remained in Kyiv after being expelled for academic failure in 2023.
Another perpetrator is his father, who lived permanently in China but periodically visited Ukraine to personally coordinate his son's espionage activities.
The former student was supposed to obtain technical documentation on the production of Ukrainian Neptune missiles.
To this end, he attempted to recruit a Ukrainian citizen involved in the development of the latest weapons for the Defense Forces.
The SSU Counterintelligence identified the spy at an early stage of his unlawful activities and caught him in the act - when he was receiving the classified documents.
The next stage was the detention of his father, who was supposed to pass the secret information to the Chinese special services.
Phones with evidence of their communication to coordinate the espionage activities were seized during the searches of the two individuals.
Based on the evidence, investigators of the Security Service notified the detainees of suspicion under Article 114.1 of the CCU (espionage).
The suspects face up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The operation was carried out under the procedural supervision of Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.
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