How Russia turns Ukrainians into spies | Global News Podcast

A former high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer, Dmytro Kozyura, has been sentenced to life in prison for spying for Russia. Once a counter-terrorism chief in Kyiv’s security service, he was convicted of high treason for sharing state secrets with Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government has conducted hundreds of investigations into domestic spying since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Earlier this month, the head of a district court in Poltava region was reportedly sentenced to 15 years in prison for collaborating with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Civilians have also been accused of documenting and sharing intelligence, including troop movements, with Russia.

We ask the BBC’s global affairs reporter Paul Moss what motivates Ukrainians to spy for the Kremlin, and how Moscow’s intelligence gathering has affected the war in Ukraine.

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00:00 Introduction
00:21 Convicted Dmytro Kozyura
01:29 How Ukraine caught Kozyura
03:08 Ukrainians spying for Russia
04:14 Why people spy for Moscow
07:46 Spying against Russia
08:59 How important is espionage for Russia’s war effort?