**Ukraine‘s SBU Captures Anti-Terrorism Center Chief Suspected of Working for Russia**
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested the head of its counter-terrorism department, who is suspected of working with Russian intelligence. The suspect, identified as Colonel Dmytro Koziura, was detained on February 12.
**Suspect’s Illicit Activities Documented**
According to SBU head Vasyl Maliuk, the suspect’s illicit activities were documented in 14 separate cases. Maliuk emphasized that the operation to uncover and detain him required “all possible overt and covert methods.”
**Russian Efforts to Infiltrate Ukraine’s Security Services**
The case sheds light on Russian efforts to infiltrate and undermine Ukraine’s security services amid the full-scale war that broke out in 2022. Maliuk added that the suspect was working with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and had been collecting and transmitting information to Russia.
**Ukraine’s Internal Purge**
The SBU head described the operation as part of an ongoing internal purge and warned that no Russian infiltration attempts would succeed. Further details of the case are expected to be released soon.
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