Russian intelligence tried to steal SBU documents

KYIV, April 9 /Ukrinform/. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has prevented a special operation by Russian intelligence agencies to steal documents owned by the Ukrainian state, the SBU press center has told Ukrinform.

"On April 9, [SBU officers] detained four persons - a citizen of Russia and three Ukrainians who were trying to hand over to a representative of Russian special services the hard drives from the servers of an SBU office in eastern Ukraine," the press center said.

The SBU said that in order to take possession of the materials of the Ukrainian security service the Russian special services had engaged a network of agents among residents of Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia.

"For the immediate realization of the operation an employee of the Russian special services late on April 8 arrived at Ukraine's border near Belgorod. Leaving the car at the border, at 23.00 he crossed the Ukrainian border and the same night on another car he arrived in Kharkiv, where, hiding, he was waiting for a 'courier,'" reads the statement

SBU officers detained all four individuals. They seized five hard drives belonging to the state. They found that in 2002, one of the detainees was brought to criminal liability for murder, the press center said.

Respective investigative measures are currently being conducted.

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