The Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested a 72-year-old scientist from Kharkiv suspected of aiding Russia in advancing kamikaze drone know-how.
The mechanical engineer supplied technical designs to reinforce “Shahed”-type drones utilized by Russian forces. In accordance with investigators, his work targeted on upgrading engines and catapult methods, key parts for the drones’ deployment.
The SBU’s investigation revealed that the scientist transferred his designs remotely to an affiliate, the overall director of a Russian machine-building manufacturing facility concerned in producing parts for drones. This manufacturing facility has collaborated with a Russian firm manufacturing the “Shahed”-type drones, which Russia manufacturers because the “Geran-2.” These drones have seen widespread use for assault targets in Ukraine.
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The scientist allegedly disguised his collaboration with Russia as respectable tutorial analysis on unmanned aerial automobile (UAV) know-how. SBU sources indicated that he communicated with Russian companions by way of e mail and common messaging platforms. In a single occasion, he concerned a former scholar who fled Kharkiv on the onset of the warfare, later securing a task at a Moscow know-how college the place he now works on UAVs for Russian navy use.
Throughout a search of the scientist’s residence in Kharkiv, SBU brokers confiscated laptop tools, a cell phone, and flash drives containing proof of his actions. Following the investigation, the SBU formally charged the scientist beneath Article 111-2 of the Ukrainian Legal Code (aiding an aggressor state). If convicted, he faces as much as 12 years in jail together with asset confiscation.
The SBU has additionally moved to cost the scientist’s former scholar in absentia.
