Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has sentenced an employee of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine to six years in prison for cooperation with Russia-backed separatists, the press service of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has reported.

“From September 2014 to March 2015, while serving as an employee of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, knowing that Russia-backed separatist organization was created in Donetsk region, he assisted the activities of this terrorist organization through the collection and subsequent transfer to a representative of separatists of information concerning the activities of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, including state secrets,” the PGO’s media liaisons department reported on February 7.