He said the system can capture images from thousands of cameras across Kyiv and identify individuals.
Shvets said that in 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a plan dubbed “Diversionary Noise,” under which Russia began searching for perpetrators to carry out crimes.
“As the SBU cleared out their ideological supporters and ‘waiters’ in the first years of the full-scale invasion, they shifted to a new form of motivation — money,” the SBU said.
According to Shvets, Russian operatives initially focused on arson attacks targeting vehicles, military enlistment offices and Ukrposhta branches, before using agents to carry improvised explosive devices and act as suicide attackers.
In April, the Security Service of Ukraine completed its pretrial investigation and sent to court an indictment against a woman who attempted to assassinate Serhii Sternenko on May 1, 2025.
The suspect is charged under Articles 111, 115 and 263 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code (high treason, attempted premeditated murder for profit committed by prior conspiracy, and illegal possession and storage of firearms and ammunition). She faces up to 15 years in prison.
According to investigators, the Kyiv resident was recruited by Russian security services and in April 2025 began surveilling Sternenko on Moscow’s orders. She moved into the same residential complex where the volunteer lived.
When Sternenko exited the building, the woman fired several shots, one of which struck him in the leg. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery, and the bullet passed through his leg.