SBU Detains Belarusian Journalist Who Worked For The KGB
- 28.01.2026, 8:10
She wanted to infiltrate the GSD.
The Security Service of Ukraine disclosed a Belarusian citizen who worked for the KGB for many years. The alleged spy was trying to infiltrate one of the military intelligence units of Ukraine.
The details were published by the intelligence service in the evening of January 27.
The operation to detain the woman was carried out jointly with the own security unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The investigation found that the detainee has been a personnel agent of the KGB of Belarus since at least 2015. In 2020, she was purposefully sent from Minsk to Ukraine to perform intelligence tasks. At the time of the active phase of the operation, the woman was already in the field of vision of the SBU, which consistently recorded her contacts and actions.
The operatives found out that the 35-year-old citizen of Belarus acted under the cover of journalistic work. During a certain period, she was a correspondent of the pro-Russian TV channel "112 Channel", associated with the Russian dictator's cousin Viktor Medvedchuk. She worked as a journalist in the former Soviet Union. After the closure of the media resource, the Belarusian secret service, coordinated by the top military-political leadership of Belarus, sent an agent to continue her activities in Ukraine.
Even before the full-scale invasion of Russia, the woman got a job in one of the leading Ukrainian media. Using her professional contacts and access to journalists, she actively expanded her circle of acquaintances among Ukrainian politicians, military personnel and foreign diplomats, which allowed her to gather sensitive information.
Already after the outbreak of a major war, her handler instructed her to travel to one of the EU countries for additional instructions. She crossed the border under the fictitious pretext of undergoing a medical examination. To communicate with a representative of the Belarusian secret service, the agent bought a separate smartphone with a disposable SIM card, and after the contact she got rid of the device.
When she was instructed, she was tasked to collect information about citizens of Belarus and Russia, who help Ukraine in confronting the aggressor state. In addition, the agent was instructed to establish informal contacts with employees of the Chinese embassy in Ukraine to obtain intelligence on the activities of Chinese diplomats.
After returning to Kiev, she attempted to find employment in one of the headquarters units of the Defense Ministry's GUR. After that, she immediately fell under the operational development of the GUR's own security.
Thanks to the timely identification of the threat, the SBU and the GUR began a lengthy operational combination with the agent. As part of this operation, foreign intelligence was purposefully misled by providing it with simulated classified data that circulated exclusively in the controlled environment around the agent. Attempts to select new candidates for recruitment into the KGB agent network were also recorded.
After collecting a full evidentiary base, SBU officers in cooperation with the GSD detained the defendant near her place of residence. They seized a smartphone and a dictaphone, on which she recorded classified information.
Investigators informed the woman of suspicion under part one of Article 114 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for liability for espionage. She is currently in custody and may receive up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.