**Ukraine Detains Russian Agent Working for Pro-Russian Oligarch**
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), along with Polish authorities, has detained Kyrylo Molchanov, a propagandist working for pro-Russian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk’s media network and Russian intelligence agencies.
Molchanov was initially held in Poland before being transferred to pre-trial detention in Kyiv. This marks the first time Ukraine and an EU country have cooperated on such an operation.
Before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Molchanov presented himself as a “political expert” in Medvedchuk’s media group. He claimed that Ukrainians were divided by language, history, and religion, and that the EU would deprive Ukraine of its sovereignty.
Molchanov also criticized Medvedchuk’s opponents and pro-Western initiatives within the Ukrainian government. After the invasion, he left for Russia, where he attended a program run by Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov 35 times.
The SBU has accused Molchanov of being recruited by the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. He is alleged to have worked against Ukraine in the media sector, discrediting the country abroad and undermining its internal situation in partner countries.
The SBU has hailed this as a significant victory, marking the first time a Russian agent working against Ukraine has been handed over from an EU country at their request.