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Ukraine’s security service (SBU) has charged in absentia a former defense engineer with treason, accusing him of helping Russia target Ukrainian cities by developing navigation systems for cruise and ballistic missiles, the SBU said on June 25.<\/p>\n

According to the agency<\/a>, Oleg Borsuk, a 61-year-old Ukrainian national, fled to Russia<\/a> in 2009 after resigning from a defense plant in Cherkasy Oblast<\/a>. He later became deputy general director of Moscow-based design bureau “Navis,” a major player in Russia’s military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n

Borsuk allegedly oversaw the development and modernization of satellite guidance systems (GPS\/GLONASS) used in Russian missiles<\/a>. In 2023 alone, under his leadership, nearly 3,200 satellite navigation units were produced, including those for Iskander tactical missile systems, the SBU said.<\/p>\n

These systems are also used in missiles like the Kh-101, Kh-59, and Kalibr \u2014 weapons frequently deployed in Russian airstrikes against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The deadliest attacks include the July 8, 2024, strike on the Okhmatdyt children hospital in Kyiv, which killed two adults, including a doctor, and injured more than 50 people, including children. The hospital was hit<\/a> by a Kh-101 cruise missile in accordance with a programmed route.<\/p>\n

Another devastating strike occurred<\/a> on June 17, when a massive missile and drone assault on Kyiv<\/a> killed 30 people and injured 172 others. One of the deadliest impacts was a direct hit on a residential building by a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile, which caused the complete collapse of an entire section of the nine-story residential building. <\/p>\n

According to a spokesperson<\/a> for Ukraine’s Air Force Yurii Ihnat, the building was struck by a Kh-101 missile.<\/p>\n

The SBU<\/a> has charged Borsuk in absentia under Ukraine’s Criminal Code for treason committed under martial law. <\/p>\n

“Since the perpetrator is hiding in the territory of the Russian Federation, comprehensive measures are underway to bring him to justice for crimes against our state,” the SBU said.<\/p>\n

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