A metro engineer from the capital coordinated Russian strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv, according to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Office of the Prosecutor General.

According to the SBU, the leader of the group was an active engineer at the municipal enterprise "Kyiv Metro."

The investigation revealed that the official was recruited in 2015 in Moscow during a personal meeting with an FSB officer.

The metro employee involved his acquaintances in the work for Russia: a resident of Kharkiv who left his military unit after mobilization and had previously worked for "Ukrzaliznytsia" for 10 years, and a driver of international freight transport.

The former military's task was to monitor the movement of military convoys of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while the driver's role was to provide coordinates of checkpoints and defense units under the guise of work trips.

In addition, the leader's mother and brother, who also worked at the metro, were involved in the activities.

The Prosecutor General's Office stated that until 2022, the suspects covertly provided the leader with information about the movement of rolling stock carrying cargo of interest to Russia.

After the full-scale invasion, they supplied their curator with details about the movements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, information about the consequences of strikes on urban infrastructure, and prepared for sabotage actions as directed by the FSB.

“The group's objective was to gather information on the locations of Ukrainian troop bases and their cargo movement routes, as well as to guide missile and drone attacks by the Russians,” the law enforcement authorities established.

The metro employee was arrested in Kyiv, while a deserting agent was caught in Kharkiv.

During searches, mobile phones with evidence of their work for Russia were found. Firearms were also discovered and sent for examination.

Investigators of the Security Service notified two detainees and two relatives of the cell leader of suspicion under the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

• Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 111 (state treason committed by a group of individuals in collusion during a state of war);
• Parts 1 and 3 of Article 436-2 (justification, acknowledgment of the legitimacy, denial of the armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine, glorification of its participants).

Currently, the third group member—a driver of international routes hiding abroad—is being sought. All face penalties ranging from 8 years of imprisonment to life imprisonment with confiscation of property.