kyiv, May 17. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced today the arrest of six Kiev residents for ignoring the authorities and posting on social networks videos of interceptions of Russian missiles or drones by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses, thus offering valuable military information. to Russia.
“On the night of May 16, they took unauthorized photos and videos of the operation of the Ukrainian air defenses and published these materials on social networks,” says the SBU statement, which specifies that the detainees recorded the interception of “cruise and ballistic missiles ” fired by Russia.
“In this way they were able to reveal the location and other details of the operation of our air defenses,” adds the note, which also says that the images ended up being shared in the media and Telegram channels of Russian “propagandists”, some of them “controlled”. by the Russian secret services.
The SBU has also identified security cameras installed in several shopping malls in kyiv that automatically recorded videos of the time of the attacks. Some of these videos were later published on YouTube to show the spectacularity of the interceptions.
Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly asked their citizens not to post recordings of Russian attacks online. These videos can be used by Russia to locate Ukrainian defenses and correct the trajectory of new missile launches into Ukrainian territory.
The detainees could be sentenced to a maximum of 8 years in prison for the crime of “disseminating relevant military information without authorization.” EFE
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