Ukraine has claimed to expose the identities of more than 600 alleged Russian spies in a move to embarrass Vladimir Putin, according to reports.
A list of 620 agents believed to be working for Russia’s FSB security agency has been made public, Ukraine claimed.
It has revealed details including the passports, phone numbers and even drinking habits of those alleged agents, The Telegraph reported.
Among the list, one alleged FSB agent fancies himself as a James Bond-like character even using “jamesbond007” in his Skype address.
Meanwhile, one agent was said to like “premium cars” while another, who was branded a heavy drinker, “systematically violates traffic regulations”.
Ukrainian officials made further claims the spies have been involved in “criminal” activity in Europe but they did not offer any details or evidence of this, it was reported.
Details published reportedly included their date and place of birth, passport number, their “registration address” and in some cases car licence plate numbers and financial information.
In a handful of cases, the spy’s home address was reportedly included on the list.
If the list proved to be accurate, it could compromise many of Russia’s FSB agents.
Last week, a hunt for “Western spies” in the FSB was reportedly launched.
Earlier in March, it had been claimed spies were not informed of plans to invade Ukraine.
Some FSB figures were placed under house arrest by Putin, in what is thought to be a response from the Russian president over plans of the invasion being leaked to Western intelligence agents, it was claimed.
It comes as Russian forces have been pushed back from a “number of positions” near Kyiv, British defence chiefs have said.
In its latest intelligence briefing, the Ministry of Defence said: “Ukrainian Forces have continued to conduct localised counter attacks to the north west of Kyiv - including at Irpen, Bucha and Hostomel. These attacks have had some success and the Russians have been pushed back from a number of positions.
“However, Russia still poses a significant threat to the city through their strike capability.”
