{"id":1181727,"date":"2025-07-09T12:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1181727"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:50:00","slug":"chinese-spies-in-kyiv-caught-gathering-secret-technology-on-neptune-missiles-detained-by-ukraine-s-security-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/chinese-spies-in-kyiv-caught-gathering-secret-technology-on-neptune-missiles-detained-by-ukraine-s-security-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Spies in Kyiv Caught Gathering Secret Technology on \u201cNeptune\u201d Missiles \u2014 Detained by Ukraine\u2019s Security Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Security Service (SSU) counterintelligence arrested two Chinese nationals in Kyiv who attempted to illegally smuggle secret documents related to the Ukrainian RK-360MC \u201cNeptune\u201d missile system back to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/SBUkr\/15283\">According to the investigation<\/a>, one of the spies is a 24-year-old former student of a Kyiv technical university, who remained in Kyiv after being expelled in 2023 due to academic failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other suspect is his father, a permanent resident of China who occasionally visited Ukraine to personally coordinate his son\u2019s espionage activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former student sought to obtain technical documentation on the production of \u201cNeptune\u201d missiles and tried to recruit a Ukrainian connected to the development of advanced weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SSU counterintelligence uncovered the spy early in his activities and caught him \u201cred-handed\u201d during the transfer of classified documents. Subsequently, his father was also arrested as he intended to pass the secret information to Chinese intelligence services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During searches, phones were seized from both suspects containing messages coordinating their espionage activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects have been charged under Article 114, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine\u2014espionage. They face up to 15 years imprisonment with confiscation of property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cNeptune\u201d missile has played an active role in the Russia-Ukraine war. In April 2022, two \u201cNeptune\u201d missiles successfully sank the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser \u201cMoskva.\u201d In March 2024, a \u201cNeptune\u201d missile struck the landing ship \u201cKostiantyn Olshansky,\u201d which was based in Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/enemy-tactics-in-sumy-region-failing-sbgs-spokesperson\/\">Enemy tactics in Sumy region failing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s Security Service (SSU) counterintelligence arrested two Chinese nationals in Kyiv who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1181728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1181727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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