{"id":592678,"date":"2026-06-11T17:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/06\/592678\/gift-from-a-stranger-turned-out-to-be-deadly-19-year-old-russian-agent-suspected-of-killing-a-marine\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:14:37","slug":"gift-from-a-stranger-turned-out-to-be-deadly-19-year-old-russian-agent-suspected-of-killing-a-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/06\/592678\/gift-from-a-stranger-turned-out-to-be-deadly-19-year-old-russian-agent-suspected-of-killing-a-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"'Gift' from a stranger turned out to be deadly: 19-year-old Russian agent suspected of killing a marine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zhytomyr law enforcement officers detained a 19-year-old resident of Poltava region<\/strong> who is suspected of aiding Russian security services and of the intentional killing of a Ukrainian serviceman.<\/p>\n

On 11 June<\/strong> 2026, it was reported<\/a> by the Zhytomyr Regional Police, the Office of the Prosecutor General and the Security Service of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

According to the investigation, the young man agreed to carry out a task he received via Telegram<\/strong> from a Russian handler.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement established that the suspect received a parcel via a parcel terminal containing a crystalline substance, preliminarily identified as methadone<\/strong>. After that he purchased a bottle of strong alcohol and, without damaging the factory packaging, injected a poisonous mixture into it using a syringe.<\/p>\n

On the night of 2 June<\/strong> he sent the prepared parcel by mail to the address he received from the handler, and later received the promised reward on a bank card.<\/p>\n

The recipient turned out to be a 23-year-old marine infantryman from Zhytomyr<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to the investigation, the serviceman met online someone posing as a girl who communicated with him through a fake account and promised to send a gift.<\/p>\n

According to the SBU, the “girl” account was run by a convicted woman who is held in a penal colony on temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory under the control of the FSB.<\/p>\n

It was she who contacted the serviceman and persuaded him to accept the postal delivery.<\/p>\n

On the morning of 4 June<\/strong> a relative found the marine infantryman unconscious in his room.<\/p>\n

The man was hospitalized with signs of acute poisoning from an unknown substance, but a few days later he died in hospital.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, police seized empty alcohol bottles and a mobile phone from the victim’s residence, and also established that shortly before his condition deteriorated he had consumed alcohol received in the postal delivery.<\/p>\n

As a result of joint work by criminal police operatives and SBU officers, the perpetrator of the crime was identified. He was detained at his place of residence in Poltava region.<\/p>\n

Investigators notified him of suspicion of intentional murder for mercenary motives, committed by prior conspiracy of a group of persons (points 6, 12 of part 2 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).<\/p>\n

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, the suspect was promised 5 thousand hryvnias<\/strong> for carrying out this task.<\/p>\n

A decision on a preventive measure is currently being made. The article’s penalty provides for punishment of from 10 to 15 years<\/strong> imprisonment or life imprisonment with confiscation of property.<\/p>\n

Earlier we wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n