KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s military commander said Monday that a secret wiretapping device had been discovered in one of the offices where he works, and that wiretapping devices had been detected elsewhere, without giving details. He hinted at that.
Army commander. Valery Zarzhny commented to local media about Sunday’s revelations by Ukraine’s Security Service that insects were found in the room she was using during routine cleaning. The agency said the device was not working.
In this precarious situation, suspicion was immediately focused on Russia. 22 months war Relations between the two countries will continue for another year.
“I have and work in several offices. This happened in one of them,” Zaluzhnyi said. “We searched (the room) and found (the device),” he said.
He added that wiretaps were not only found in the office where he worked, but gave no further details and did not say whether multiple wiretaps were found on the premises of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Marked as unknown.
The uncertain developments left many questions unanswered. Officials declined further comment.
Both Russian and Ukrainian intelligence services have been active during the war.
Ukraine’s military intelligence chief has survived 10 assassination attempts by Russia’s State Security Service (FSB), Ukrainian authorities say.Last month, his wife received treatment at a hospital After being diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian spy agencies are reportedly conducting the following activities: sabotage Quite far behind the front line.
Artillery fire continues to claim civilian lives as front-line fighting becomes mired in winter mud and snow.
The presidential palace reported on Monday that two Ukrainian civilians had been killed and at least two others injured in the past 24 hours.
In the north, Russian forces reportedly shelled the village of Krasnopilya in the Sumy region, killing one civilian in his home and damaging residential buildings. In the south, an attack on central Kherson left an 81-year-old man dead on the street.
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Associated Press writer Julas Kalmanau in Tallinn, Estonia contributed to this report.
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