On Friday, Moscow announced that it had arrested a Russian national on treasonous charges for allegedly using drones to disrupt Russian air defense systems by launching them close to military installations. The FSB security services made the announcement just hours after the presidential elections that are predicted to give Vladimir Putin a second six-year term began. The suspect, according to the FSB, had been working on projects “aimed at countering Russian air defense systems.” “He put together and launched unmanned aerial vehicles to set up decoys near Russian defense ministry buildings,” the statement continued. High treason is a crime that carries a maximum life sentence; the FSB announced that it has launched an investigation into the matter. A video of masked men dressed in military gear searching a small room and arresting a man while he was in bed was released by the state media. When asked who he worked for, the detainee replied, “The Freedom of Russia Legion,” as seen in pictures released by the news agency RIA Novosti. A group of Russian volunteers who support Kyiv, known as the Freedom of Russia Legion, has made multiple claims of incursions into areas that border Ukraine. This week, it claimed to have temporarily taken control of territory inside Russia and launched a wave of guerilla-style attacks on border areas.

This operation of the Russian citizen failed

The man, whose identity was withheld by the FSB, allegedly “assembled and launched unmanned aerial vehicles to create false targets in the immediate vicinity of Russian defense ministry facilities,” according to a statement the agency released. According to a video made public by the FSB, which was cited by the news agency Interfax, the man was employed by the Freedom of Russia Legion, a group of armed Russian exiles who support Ukraine. Kyiv has increased its strikes against Russian economic targets in recent months, targeting a number of metal and oil refineries. A man has been arrested by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow on suspicion of launching drones close to Russian military installations, according to a statement that was cited by the state news agency TASS on Friday. The FBI released a video showing masked agents searching a home and taking into custody a middle-aged man whose face was indistinct. When questioned about the Freedom of Russia Legion, an anti-Kremlin militia fighting on the side of Ukraine, by one of the agents, the man replied, “As I understood later, they asked me to launch fireworks when they crossed into Belgorod [region].” Threatening massive attacks on military targets in the vicinity of the Ukrainian border, the pro-Ukrainian militia called on residents to evacuate the cities of Belgorod and Kursk on Wednesday.

Ukraine suffered a lot from this attack

The suspect, who could spend 12 to 20 years in prison, has been charged with a crime. June 26, MOSCOW. /TASS/. On suspicion of high treason, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained a citizen of the Amur Region in the Far East of the nation, the FSB informed TASS on Monday. “The Russian Federal Security Service curtailed the unlawful activity of a Russian national, born in the Lvov Region [of Ukraine] and residing in the Amur Region, who was implicated in committing high treason by means of providing financial assistance to Ukraine’s armed forces in their activities directed against Russia’s security,” the FSB stated. “It was established that the suspect made more than 10 personal money transfers to sponsor Ukrainian purchases of kamikaze drones, quadrotors, ammunition and military equipment for use against Russian forces,” the FSB stated. The suspect, who could spend 12 to 20 years in prison, has been charged with a crime. The FSB reports that investigations and searches are still underway.

Drones over Russia and Ukraine are down as voting begins

The Russian Defense Ministry asserted on Friday that it had repulsed all attempts over the previous week to breach its territory, including an incursion by the Ukrainians into the village of Kozinka in the Belgorod region the day before. The man “assembled and launched unmanned aerial vehicles to create decoys in close proximity to Russian Defense Ministry facilities,” according to the FSB, was in Moscow. It further stated that he was detained pending trial by the Lefortovo District Court in Moscow. On charges of high treason, the unidentified man could receive a maximum sentence of life in prison. He entered a guilty plea to the charges, according to the FSB.