A Ukrainian diplomat sold passports to Russians for travel to the EU.
The SBU’s counterintelligence service and the National Police, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, exposed a scheme to “legalize” Russian citizens in the EU.
The press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this.
According to investigators, in 2022, an adviser to one of the Foreign Ministry’s departments, who was then working as the second secretary for consular affairs at the Ukrainian embassy in a European country, sold Ukrainian passports to Russians.
The official accepted orders through a network of intermediaries in the EU. For money, he obtained Ukrainian citizenship for his “clients” and provided them with passports for unimpeded entry and travel within the European Union.
Law enforcement officials are investigating the possible involvement of these “legalized” Russians in the activities of the Russian special services.
During the search, a phone was found in the possession of the suspect. He was charged under Part 2 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code (illegal transportation of persons across the border using official position). The offender faces up to seven years in prison.
The investigation continues under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
The SBU previously exposed a Russian agent among Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel . A soldier from a strike drone company was transmitting information about Ukrainian forces’ operational plans to the FSB.
The Security Service of Ukraine also exposed and detained a major instructor from one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ air brigades , who turned out to be a Russian intelligence agent. The suspect was planning strikes on Ukrainian airfields where F-16, Mirage 2000, and Su-24 aircraft are based.
As a reminder, the SBU detained two Russian informants who leaked information about the SBU positions near Slavyansk to the occupiers and spied on Ukrainian Armed Forces echelons.
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