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Ukrainian counterintelligence officer supplies dozens of coordinates for Russian strikes

TASS · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · · 88 words
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What to know about Ukrainian counterintelligence officer supplies dozens of coordinates for Russian strikes

TASS reports that a captured Ukrainian Security Service officer, Sergey Mikhailov, provided Russian forces with coordinates for Ukrainian military positions and strategic facilities. Mikhailov reportedly surrendered in the Zaporozhye direction and expressed a desire not to return to Ukraine.

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What happened

A captured Ukrainian counterintelligence officer, agent of Ukraine’s Security Service Sergey Mikhailov provided the Russian forces with several dozens of coordinates of the Ukrainian army’s positions for strikes in the rear and on the frontline, according to…

Why it matters

The list includes coordinates of Ukrainian positions, command posts, and deployment sites, as well as strategic facilities and a number of other targets.

Common ground

Mikhailov surrendered in the Zaporozhye direction.

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TASS reports that a captured Ukrainian Security Service officer, Sergey Mikhailov, provided Russian forces with coordinates for Ukrainian military positions and strategic facilities. Mikhailov reportedly surrendered in the Zaporozhye direction and expressed a desire not to return to Ukraine.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The list includes coordinates of Ukrainian positions, command posts, and deployment sites, as well as strategic facilities and a number of other targets.”
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This detail is found exclusively in the same source as claim 0. There is no independent corroboration from other news outlets or reference materials.
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Claim 2: “Mikhailov surrendered in the Zaporozhye direction.”
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The information that Sergey Mikhailov surrendered in the Zaporozhye direction is only present in the specific report citing TASS. No other independent sources confirm this specific surrender.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации восьмого созыва) is the current convoc…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of heads of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation. The Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, along with the Donetsk People's Republic, Kherson Oblast, the Lug…
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Claim 3: “A captured Ukrainian counterintelligence officer, agent of Ukraine’s Security Service Sergey Mikhailov provided the Russian forces with several dozens of coordinates of the Ukrainian army’s positions”
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The claim is reported in a web search result titled 'Ukrainian counterintelligence officer supplies dozens of coordinates...', which appears to be a report based on Russian state media (TASS). No other independent news organizations or authoritative sources corroborate this specific event involving a counterintelligence officer named Sergey Mikhailov in the current conflict. Other search results refer to different individuals named Sergei Mikhailov (a journalist and an FSB officer from 2019).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; Russian: Совбез, Совет безопасности Российской Федерации, СБРФ, romanized: Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, SBRF) is a constitu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergei Mikhailov (Russian: Сергей Михайлов) was deputy head of the FSB security agency’s Center for Information Security. In February 2019, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for treason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Mikhailov_(FSB)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 23 June 2023, the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, staged an uprising against the Russian government. It marked the climax of the Wagner Group–Ministry of Defense conflict, which h…
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Claim 4: “In comments to TASS, he said he does not want to return to Ukraine.”
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The statement that he does not want to return to Ukraine is attributed to TASS in the provided evidence. As TASS is a single state-run agency and no other independent sources corroborate the quote, it remains a single-source claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sergei Mikhailov was deputy head of the FSB security agency’s Center for Information Security. In February 2019, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for treason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Mikhailov_(FSB)
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web search NEUTRAL — Sergey Mikhailov surrendered in the Zaporozhye direction. He said he does not want to return to Ukraine. DONETSK, May 20. /
https://tass.com/defense/2133279
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web search NEUTRAL — As the conflict in Ukraine continues, so too does Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denial of any Russian involvement.
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