The detainee is a 45-year-old native of the Odessa region who lived in the capital. She was recruited remotely by Russian special services late last year when she was looking for a "quick way to make money" on the Internet.

According to the case materials, at first, at the request of the curators, she monitored certain cars, took photos of them, and passed the information on to her "contact."

Later, the agent began to receive new tasks. In particular, on the instructions of her supervisor, she was supposed to make a homemade explosive device, and she also changed her place of residence - she moved to an apartment in the central part of Kyiv.

Since mid-April, the defendant began following public activist and volunteer Serhiy Sternenko, settling in the same residential complex as him.

Later, she received the coordinates of a "cache" in which firearms were hidden - a PM model pistol and ammunition for it.

And on the morning of May 1, 2025, the curator gave her an order to kill the activist near his home. Thanks to previous observations, the attacker already knew the make of the car and the approximate time the volunteer would leave his home.

As Serhiy Sternenko was leaving the house, a Russian agent fired several shots: one of the bullets hit him in the leg. The attacker was immediately detained on the spot by the Security Service of Ukraine.

The searches revealed a phone with evidence of working in the Russian Federation, as well as components for an improvised explosive device that she had stored in another apartment.

The SBU pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Comprehensive measures are being taken to establish all the circumstances of the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.

The detainee faces up to 15 years in prison.