Ukraine’s security service detain two on espionage changes in Mykolaiv

Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) says it detained two men it accused of being Russian intelligence agents responsible for identifying targets for Russian missile attacks that wrecked shipbuilding infrastructure in the southern port city of Mykolaiv.

The two men “collected and transmitted intelligence to the enemy about important infrastructure facilities, fuel depots, the deployment and movement of personnel and equipment of [Ukraine’s] Armed Forces”, the SBU said in a post on messaging app Telegram.

As a result, the SBU said several shipbuilding enterprises and fuel depots were damaged or destroyed but did not specify when the infrastructure was hit.