“In small towns, such as Novaya Kakhovka, which were abandoned by Ukrainian troops, SBU officers recruited agents directly from social networks,” RIA Novosti quotes a representative of the Russian law enforcement agencies.

He noted that a spy network had been set up.

One of the detained participants in such chats, Vitaly Chuprina, said that with the help of such groups, strikes against the troops of Russia and the DPR were coordinated.

Earlier, Russian aviation hit three command posts, 26 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.