Following SSU investigation, last agent of GRU combat group that blew up car with Ukrainian soldier sentenced to 15 years in prison
Security Service of Ukraine
17:00, 6 August 2025
Based on evidence collected by the Security Service of Ukraine, another agent of russian military intelligence ('the GRU') has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. He was a member of an enemy operational and combat group that blew up a car with a Ukrainian defender in Kharkiv in the summer of 2024.
The Ukrainian soldier was seriously injured in the explosion.
The SSU Counterintelligence detained all four members of the cell as they were preparing a new terrorist attack in a front-line town. Three of them have already been sentenced to prison terms in June this year.
Now, their accomplice has been convicted. He is a 41-year-old unemployed Kharkiv resident, recruited by the occupiers through his old friend, a GRU special forces soldier.
All four agents acted together and had one common handler from the russian military intelligence. Following his instructions, the perpetrators followed the Ukrainian serviceman's car and then planted an improvised explosive device under it.
After the assassination attempt, the agents made another explosive device, which they tried to hide in a prepared cache for future attacks.
Then, they were tasked with tracking down and derailing a Defense Forces freight train, but the Security Service foiled these plans.
Based on the evidence collected by SSU investigators, a panel of judges found the fourth member of the group guilty under two Articles of the CCU:
- 28.2, 111.2 (high treason, committed by a group, upon prior conspiracy, under martial law);
- 258.2 (terrorist act, committed by a group, upon prior conspiracy).
The investigation was conducted by the SSU Kharkiv Office under the procedural supervision of the regional Prosecutor's Office.
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