{"id":514298,"date":"2026-02-02T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=514298"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:26:42","slug":"used-sex-for-recruitment-tsn-reveals-details-of-detention-of-belarusian-spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/used-sex-for-recruitment-tsn-reveals-details-of-detention-of-belarusian-spy","title":{"rendered":"Used Sex for Recruitment: TSN Reveals Details of Detention of Belarusian Spy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukrainian television channel TSN has reported<\/a> details of the detention in Kyiv of Belarusian journalist Inna Kardash<\/b>, who was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine on suspicion of spying for the Belarusian KGB.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Security Service officers had been monitoring Kardash for many years, but she acted cautiously, erased all evidence, frequently changed phone numbers, destroyed mobile phones, agreed to personal meetings with handlers only abroad, and \u201cfully used feminine charms in her intelligence work.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

In 2016, Inna Kardash, a young Belarusian journalist, was introduced to the head of a \u201cleading Ukrainian news agency\u201d<\/i> during a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk. The television channel did not disclose the editor\u2019s name \u201cfor ethical reasons.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was 25, he was 55. And he fell for it \u2014 they say he couldn\u2019t take his eyes off her. At that time, Kardash was already an active agent of the KGB \u2014 the State Security Committee of Belarus. According to the legend, she was an opposition journalist, so she fearlessly cooperated with Ukrainian media and talked about life in Minsk,\u201d<\/i> TSN said.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Kardash covered protests in Belarus and later moved to Ukraine, claiming she faced danger at home. She began working for a Ukrainian media outlet, later identified as Interfax-Ukraine, despite not knowing the Ukrainian language. She was provided with a personal driver, lived in a separate house, and worked not in the newsroom with other journalists, but in the office of the editor-in-chief.<\/p>\n

\u201cColleagues say that sometimes they could not enter his office to consult on work matters because she was always there and always listening,\u201d<\/i> the report said.<\/p>\n

Kardash regularly met with national leaders at unofficial meetings, traveled abroad to international conferences, and communicated with diplomats as a journalist until the death of her patron. She reportedly showed particular interest in Chinese diplomats.<\/p>\n

Such activity attracted the attention of the Security Service of Ukraine\u2019s Department for the Protection of National Statehood.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe used this job and the contacts of her colleagues from this media outlet to expand her own network among Ukrainian politicians, military personnel, and foreign diplomats,\u201d<\/i> said SBU spokesperson Artem Dekhtiarenko<\/b>.<\/p>\n

As part of the criminal proceedings, the Security Service began closer surveillance of the suspect.<\/p>\n

KGB officers transferred money to Kardash for the purchase of her own housing in Kyiv and tasked her with integrating into the International Legion and collecting data on its fighters.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurname, first name, patronymic, date and place of birth of people fighting in these units \u2014 figuring out later who their relatives are in Minsk, Hrodna, Brest, or Voronezh is a matter of technique \u2014 finding these people and exerting pressure on them. And most importantly for Russians and Belarusians was to understand the channels through which foreigners are taken out of the Russian Federation. This entire route was of great interest to Russians. So that these channels could later be broken,\u201d<\/i> said military expert and former SBU officer Ivan Stupak<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Kardash allegedly used sex to recruit a combat unit commander who had spent several years on the front line. A recording of the attempted recruitment was previously published by the Security Service of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd no one is forcing you to do anything. At all. If you don\u2019t want to \u2014 you don\u2019t have to. This is not the KGB. This is much higher,\u201d<\/i> Kardash said in the recording.<\/p>\n

The fighter whom Kardash attempted to recruit later said he did not report her to the SBU because he had fallen \u201cmadly in love.\u201d<\/i> In correspondence with her handler, Kardash referred to him as \u201cmy sucker.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

At the final stage, Kardash was tasked with infiltrating the Chinese embassy to obtain information on Ukrainian-Chinese relations and then securing employment with Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence agency. Ukrainian special services allowed her to do so as part of an operational game.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers of the Belarusian KGB carefully instructed her \u2014 how and whom she should approach, what to ask about. And still, the maximum plan for Inna Kardash was to get a job at the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine, together with the internal security service of the Main Intelligence Directorate, allowed her to do this. Because they also know how to play spies,\u201d<\/i> TSN said.<\/p>\n

Within the intelligence service, controlled information circulated around Kardash, which she passed on to the KGB.<\/p>\n

TSN showed footage of Kardash\u2019s detention. She was arrested in a caf\u00e9 together with a man in military uniform. During the arrest, he resisted and did not fully understand what was happening. Kardash calmly observed the situation.<\/p>\n

Kardash is currently being held in pre-trial detention without the right to post bail. She has been charged under Part 1 of Article 114 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (espionage), which carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. Former SBU officer Stupak believes Belarus will attempt to secure Kardash\u2019s release through a prisoner exchange.<\/p>\n

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