Law enforcement agencies in Moscow have detained a man suspected of transmitting information for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strikes on the Russian capital and the Moscow region. According to the Telegram channel Mash, the alleged spotter was a visitor from Uzbekistan named Muhammadamin G., who is suspected of collecting data on important administrative and military facilities in Moscow and the region. The incident occurred several days before the massive attack by Ukrainian drones on the capital region.

The man was detained in Moscow after security forces tracked his movements and actions. Photos and videos taken near military registration and enlistment offices and other key locations in the capital were found on his phone. Among them are military registration and enlistment offices in Kuzminki and Lyubertsy, where an attempted drone attack took place today, as well as the buildings of the United Military Commissariat of the Zamoskvoretsky and Ostankinsky Districts and government facilities in the Meshchansky District of Moscow.

During interrogation, Muhammadamin G. admitted that he had passed on all the collected materials to a certain person named Rajab M., whom he had never met in person. The man said that he had met this person on social networks and had kept in touch via messengers, using a fake account with the name Abu Sumaya. Communication was conducted via WhatsApp and Telegram. According to the suspect, he was offered a monetary reward for passing on the photos and videos, the amount of which was not specified.

Hours after the materials were sent, Ukrainian Lyuty aircraft-type drones attempted to attack Moscow. By the morning of September 10, Russian air defense forces had shot down 11 drones in four city districts, including the Lyubertsy district, where the photos were taken by one of the alleged spotters.