{
  "id": 10884668,
  "title": "SBU secures 15-year sentence for Russian agent who prepared car bombing of UAF soldier, police station in Vinnytsia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/sbu-secures-15-year-sentence-for-russian-agent-who-prepared-car",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T07:12:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1212035.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In March 2025, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) apprehended a Russian military intelligence agent who had been preparing terrorist attacks in Vinnytsia. The SBU reported that the individual was detained during a special operation in Vinnytsia when she was preparing to detonate homemade bombs against a Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle and a police administrative building. The convicted woman, an unemployed resident of the Kyiv region, was recruited by Russian special services through Telegram channels while searching for easy earnings. Upon her recruitment, she moved to Vinnytsia and rented an apartment. Following instructions from her Russian handler, she collected two improvised explosive devices from a cache, intending to place one under a Ukrainian serviceman's vehicle and near a district police station. The agent was also ordered to install hidden remote-access video cameras near the planned attack sites to aid Russian military intelligence in monitoring the targets and remotely triggering the explosives. The SBU preemptively exposed the agent and apprehended her as she was setting up a hidden camera near a Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier's vehicle. During searches, the SBU recovered two improvised explosive devices and a mobile phone containing evidence of the agent's collaboration with Russian special services. The court convicted the woman under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code, finding her guilty of high treason committed under martial law.",
  "summary": "An agent of the Russian military intelligence exposed by the SBU in March 2025 while preparing terrorist attacks in Vinnytsia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with asset confiscation, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has reported.",
  "key_points": [
    "Russian agent sentenced to 15 years for planning attacks in Vinnytsia",
    "Ukrainian SBU apprehended female agent in March 2025",
    "She prepared to bomb Ukrainian vehicle and police station"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}