Officials of the Ukrainian holding are building a factory for ships of the Russian Federation, SBU

Officials of the Ukrainian holding are building a ship repair plant for Russian warships.

The Security Service has collected evidence on the top management of the Ukrainian construction holding, which is involved in working for the enemy, the SBU reported.

According to the investigation, since the beginning of the full-scale war, an organized group led by the business owner concluded six contracts with Russian customers for a total amount of almost 100 billion rubles (over $1.09 million).

These are contracts for the construction of a ship repair plant for the maintenance of ships of the Novorossiysk Naval Base and the border management of the FSB.

Also, according to available data, the person involved plans to take a contract for the reconstruction of a shipyard for Russian submarines in St. Petersburg.

The investigation established that the Russian “branch” of the holding regularly pays billions of rubles to the budget of the Russian Federation. In order to hide their illegal activities in Russia, those involved operated through offshore companies.

During searches of the offices and homes of the persons involved in Kyiv, computer equipment, flash drives and documents confirming illegal activities were seized.

Also, gold bars and almost $700,000 were found with the perpetrators.

The extras were informed about the suspicion. An investigation is underway to bring the culprits to justice. Perpetrators face up to 12 years in prison.

USM previously reported that the Security Service detained a female collaborator who was correcting missile strikes on Ochakov and its water area.