Senior Ukrainian intelligence official jailed for life for spying for Russia - BBC News

Col Dmytro Kozyura agreed to share state secrets and systematically disclosed classified information, prosecutors say.

Image source, Security Service of UkraineImage caption, Ukraine's intelligence boss Vasyl Malyuk (R) was pictured alongside Col Kozyura after his arrest in February 2025

A former high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence official has been sentenced to life in prison for spying for Russia's FSB security service.

Col Dmytro Kozyura was found guilty of high treason under martial law, Ukraine's prosecutor general said. He was previously chief of staff of the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) anti-terrorism centre.

An operation codenamed "rat" found he had used a safehouse in Kyiv to communicate with Russian handlers seeking classified information about Ukraine's military and leadership, the SBU said.

The prosecutor general said Kozyura had agreed to share information "constituting state secrets" for financial reward and deserved the harshest punishment.