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Lukashenko’s spy caught mapping defenses in Ukraine’s border region near Poland
Belarusian KGB agent detained in Volyn for spying on Ukrainian military. Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered an attempt by Belarusian intelligence services to obtain reconnaissance data on the defense of Ukraine’s northern border.
Belarusian espionage activity is evidence of Lukashenko’s regime actively participating in hybrid aggression against Ukraine. Belarus shares a border with Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia — all EU and NATO members. If Minsk is recruiting its agents in Ukraine, there are no guarantees that the same networks are not operating in Eastern Europe, monitoring the logistics of Western weapons, political structures, and activists.
A spy working for the KGB
Counterintelligence of the SBU detained a local resident in Volyn who was transmitting information to Belarusian intelligence services. According to the agency, the 24-year-old unemployed man was looking for easy money in Telegram channels and made contact with representatives of the Belarusian KGB.
He agreed to spy on checkpoints, defense fortifications, and military trains in northern Ukraine.
“To collect intelligence, the agent scouted local areas, recorded the Defense Forces’ fortifications, and marked their geolocations on Google Maps,” the SBU reports.
Detention and charge of treason
During a search, a phone was seized from the detainee containing an anonymous messenger chat used to communicate with his KGB handler. The identity of the Belarusian intelligence officer has already been established.
The agent has been officially charged under the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which is high treason during martial law. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.