Russian Special Services Attempting to Recruit Ukrainians in Europe, Intelligence Reports

Russian special services are actively trying to recruit Ukrainian citizens in European Union countries to involve them in illegal activities.

The Gaze reports on this with reference to Ukrainian military intelligence.

"Russian special services have intensified their attempts to recruit Ukrainian citizens with the aim of involving them in illegal activities on the territory of European Union countries.

Potential perpetrators are offered monetary rewards for participating in illegal activities, conducting surveillance of critical infrastructure facilities, and performing other tasks for the benefit of the aggressor state.

This mainly concerns Ukrainians from temporarily occupied territories who find themselves in difficult circumstances," the report says.

Intelligence officials note that the recruitment of Ukrainians to carry out hostile scenarios in Europe is another tool of hybrid aggression that Russia is waging against Ukraine and the entire European community.

Ukrainian intelligence urges anyone who is approached by suspicious individuals to immediately contact law enforcement agencies in their country of residence or Ukrainian diplomatic missions.

As The Gaze reported earlier, Lithuanian authorities have issued a nationwide warning to schools, cautioning that Russian intelligence services may be attempting to recruit teenagers for covert and potentially dangerous operations.