Former Ukrainian officer arrested in Melitopol on sabotage charges

MELITOPOL, August 21. /ST/- Melitopol city administration reported on Sunday that law enforcement agencies have detained a former Ukrainian officer suspected of committing sabotage in the city.

“In Melitopol, law enforcement officers detained a suspect in committing sabotage. The former Ukrainian officer was conducting surveillance of the Russian military flights at the airfield. Weapons, components for the manufacture of explosives, manuals on the use of the military arsenal, as well as symbols of the Ukrainian terrorist regime were found at his home,” the administration said in a message on its Telegram channel, according to TASS.

In the Zaporozhye Region, sabotage suspects and tipsters of Ukrainian armed forces are regularly identified. On August 10, a member of the main council of the region’s military-civilian administration, Vladimir Rogov, reported that law enforcement officers detained a resident of Melitopol who had corrected a Ukrainian missile strike against the city on the night of the 8th of August.

Basma Qaddour