{"id":5738,"date":"2025-02-12T21:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ukraine-detains-top-intelligence-official-accuses-the-rat-of-working-for-russia\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T21:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:37:21","slug":"ukraine-detains-top-intelligence-official-accuses-the-rat-of-working-for-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ukraine-detains-top-intelligence-official-accuses-the-rat-of-working-for-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine detains top intelligence official, accuses &#8220;the rat&#8221; of working for Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s primary intelligence service said Wednesday that it had detained one of its own high-level officials, accusing &#8220;the rat&#8221; of working for Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it had documented &#8220;14 episodes of the &#8216;rat&#8217;s&#8217; illegal activities,&#8221; saying the man had headed the SBU&#8217;s Anti-Terrorist Center.<\/p>\n<p>Vasyl Malyuk, the head of the SBU, led the investigation and carried out the arrest himself, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/ssu.gov.ua\/novyny\/sbu-vykryla-topovoho-shchura-fsb-u-svoikh-lavakh-zatrymuvav-zradnyka-sohodni-zranku-osobysto-holova-sbu-vasyl-maliuk-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0from the agency, which said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been kept updated on the &#8220;complex&#8221; and &#8220;multi-step&#8221; operation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Using encrypted software bookmarks, we penetrated the traitor&#8217;s gadgets \u2014 mobile terminals, computers,&#8221; Malyuk was quoted as saying in the SBU&#8217;s statement. &#8220;In the process of all this, we managed to qualitatively document the collection and transmission of relevant information by the traitor to the enemy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a photo published with the statement, Malyuk is seen holding the alleged traitor \u2014 who appears to have a bruise on his forehead \u2014 by the scruff of the neck.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"download.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/12\/57fc85b3-9ec5-4056-93c5-cea8bf05a731\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/491fa96f900ebd57fdead95f199c4d0c\/download.jpg?v=905524240eba4a810b7648f150c98fe0 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/12\/57fc85b3-9ec5-4056-93c5-cea8bf05a731\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/739c1f7cd55ed1ecbcdb42230421d0fb\/download.jpg?v=905524240eba4a810b7648f150c98fe0 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Vasyl Malyuk, the head of Ukraine&#8217;s SBU intelligence agency, is seen holding a man accused of working covertly for Russia while he held a senior position with the Ukrainian agency, in an image provided by the SBU on Feb. 12, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                HANDOUT\/SBU<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=Hr_yfpvS8Ncdprsa&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fssu.gov.ua%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MTM5MTE3LDM2ODQyLDI4NjY0LDE2NDUwNg&amp;v=nedKAt242GY&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video<\/a>, Malyuk said the man had worked with the SBU since 2016, and that he was now being investigated for suspected high treason.<\/p>\n<p>The SBU also claimed it had used the man to feed disinformation back to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian authorities have reported the arrest and conviction of hundreds of others, including some high-ranking officials, accused of working with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The self-purification of the SBU continues,&#8221; said Malyuk. &#8220;No matter how the enemy tries to penetrate our ranks \u2014 he thinks he has all possible forms and methods of conspiracy \u2014 he will not be able to do it successfully. Because we detect, document, and detain them in a timely manner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The arrest of the alleged spy came amid a push by President Trump to usher ceasefire negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, the Kremlin <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-war-kremlin-says-no-territory-swap-kyiv-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rejected the idea of a swap of occupied territory with Ukraine<\/a><\/span> as part of any peace deal. The vehement rejection came days after President Zelenskyy floated the idea of exchanging Ukrainian-held parts of Russia&#8217;s Kursk region for parts of Russian-occupied Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is impossible. Russia has never and will never discuss the topic of exchanging its territory,&#8221; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, shortly after Russia hit Kyiv with a deadly drone and missile attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"The Aftermath Of The Russian Missile Attack On Kyiv \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/12\/dc9f5dcd-7455-451b-b1e2-9dc2c9e91154\/thumbnail\/620x413\/78b504fc4466fa097ebfd4ce3d88171d\/kyiv-russia-strike-2199063755.jpg?v=905524240eba4a810b7648f150c98fe0 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/12\/dc9f5dcd-7455-451b-b1e2-9dc2c9e91154\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/5a91069364597a67002e12a312f3e270\/kyiv-russia-strike-2199063755.jpg?v=905524240eba4a810b7648f150c98fe0 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">A view of a destroyed building after a Russian missile attack, Feb. 12, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Yan Dobronosov\/Global Images Ukraine\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zelenskyy is expected to meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance Friday at the Munich Security Conference, which will be dominated by the war that has killed tens of thousands of people in Ukraine. German officials have played down the prospect of any major breakthroughs during the summit.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Kellogg, President Trump&#8217;s special envoy for Russia and Ukraine, is also due to visit Ukraine next week, just days before the three-year anniversary of Russia&#8217;s invasion, on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/ukraine-in-turmoil\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a 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