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Ukraine's Security Service (SSU) said it detained a man in Kyiv suspected of trying to help direct a Russian attack on Ukrainian Defense Forces units and civilian infrastructure in the capital. Ukrinform reported the SSU's account, which the agency published on its official website. The SSU said it caught the suspect, a resident of the Cherkasy region who had been recruited by Russian intelligence, photographing the location of a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit and passing it to his Russian handler along with coordinates. Investigators are examining whether Russia planned to send a drone at that facility. The SSU also said the man was to identify and pass on locations of several gas stations and postal terminals in Kyiv. Russia recruited him before the full-scale invasion, when he worked as a long-haul truck driver who regularly travelled to Russia, and he was reportedly kept on standby until a Russian officer recently contacted him. He used his female partner as cover, so their outings would look like ordinary walks as a couple, the SSU said. The suspect has been notified that he is suspected of high treason under martial law, a charge carrying life imprisonment with confiscation of property. He is held in custody without the right to bail.