Unknown Individuals Attempt to Contact Head of Belarusian Democratic Forces Mission in Ukraine Posing as SBU Officers

Reform.news Editorial Team · 22 October 2026, 15:14

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Unknown individuals are attempting to contact Volha Zazulinskaya, head of the Belarusian democratic forces’ mission in Ukraine, while posing as employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.

According to human rights defenders, a person using the name “Andrii Anatoliiovych” is trying to contact Zazulinskaya via Telegram. He claims to represent the Ukrainian side and offers cooperation, including financial compensation in exchange for information.

Human rights defenders believe that the account handle @tupikov_aa may indicate an attempt to impersonate Andrii Anatoliiovych Tupikov, Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine.

It should be recalled that unknown individuals previously also attempted to contact a delegate to the Coordination Council and threatened him. At the time, they used a Telegram account under the name @rudnicki_il, which resembles the name of Ivan Lvovych Rudnytsky, an SBU colonel.