🇨🇳SBU Detains Chinese Spies Attempting to Smuggle Neptune Missile Technology

Kyiv, Ukraine — The Counterintelligence Department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two citizens of the People’s Republic of China in Kyiv who were attempting to illegally export classified documentation related to the Ukrainian RK-360MC "Neptune" missile system.

According to the SBU investigation, one of the suspects is a 24-year-old former student of a Kyiv technical university. He remained in Ukraine after being expelled in 2023 for poor academic performance. The second suspect is his father, a Chinese national who resides in the PRC but frequently traveled to Ukraine to personally coordinate his son’s espionage activities.

The former student was allegedly tasked with acquiring technical documentation related to the production of the Neptune missile system. To achieve this, he attempted to recruit a Ukrainian citizen with access to the development of advanced defense technologies.

SBU counterintelligence officers intercepted the spy at the early stages of his intelligence-gathering activities and caught him in flagrante delicto while receiving classified materials. Shortly after, his father was also detained while preparing to transfer the sensitive information to Chinese intelligence services.

Searches conducted during the operation uncovered mobile phones containing messages and other evidence confirming the coordination of their espionage efforts.

Based on the collected evidence, both suspects have been officially notified of criminal charges under Part 1, Article 114 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (espionage). If convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison with the confiscation of property.

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