Ukrainian Women's Weightlifting Champion Code Name Rupee Arrested for Alleged Spying in Russia...What is the authenticity of the video?
Feb 11, 2025
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According to The Sun and other foreign media, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) disclosed their personal information, saying it had captured four Ukrainian female spies.
One of them is Yulia Remechenko (41), a beautiful weightlifter who played in Ukraine.
Appearing in a video filmed by the FSB, she admitted that she was a spy sent from Ukraine.
Arrested in mid-January, she admitted she moved in 2024 to assassinate a senior Russian official.
At the time of her arrest, she had a Russian passport, the FSB said.
In the video, she also claimed that she was selected by the Ukrainian security agency in 2023 and was trained to spy, including dealing with small arms, flying drones, avoiding surveillance, and making explosives.
She was then given the nickname "Ruffy by my superior" and instructed by Ukrainian special forces to commit acts of terror against a senior official of the Russian Defense Ministry," he added.
In response to the video, Western foreign media said that Russian intelligence appears to have pressured her to film the video, and it is not clear whether the claim is true.
Remechenko was born in Starri Oskol, Russia, moved to Ukraine in 2014 and settled in Kharkiv.
She won three gold medals at the 2021 Ukrainian Classic Powerlifting Championships with 130 kg squats, 77.5 kg benches and 170 kg deadlift.
Besides Remechenko, three other women were also trained to assassinate and infiltrated into RussiaThe late FSB insisted.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
