A 21-year-old woman from the city of Chita in Russia’s Far East, was taken into custody and charged with treason for allegedly taking photos and videos of military equipment convoys on the request of Ukrainian border security officers, according to a court statement on Friday.
The accused reportedly appealed the decision but remains in detention, the statement said. The woman allegedly met a man online who turned out to be an officer with the Ukrainian state border security service. At his request, she took photos and videos of trains loaded with military equipment and sent them to him.
The woman was also accused of filming a group of servicemen heading to Ukraine at Chita airport, as well as videoing conscripts travelling by car in a convoy. “She openly expressed her position as a fervent opponent of the special military operation,” the court statement said, using the official term used in Russia for the war in Ukraine.