Ukrainians in custody due to Russian assault plans in Germany | EUROtoday

He is claimed to have commissioned take a look at runs for arson and explosive assaults on items transport in Germany: greater than seven months after his arrest in Switzerland, a suspect was introduced earlier than the investigating decide on the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office introduced that he despatched the person into custody for suspected exercise as an agent for Russia.

According to earlier data from the authorities, the accused and two accomplices are stated to have agreed to a number of folks allegedly commissioned by Russia to hold out arson and explosive assaults on items transport in Germany. The Ukrainians ought to “send parcels containing explosive or incendiary devices that would ignite during transport from Germany to recipients in Ukraine.”

One of them dropped off two take a look at packages in Cologne on the finish of March, which contained, amongst different issues, GPS trackers. According to the investigation, the order for this was given by the person now offered in Karlsruhe. The Federal Prosecutor General had him arrested within the Swiss canton of Thurgau in mid-May. From there he was transferred to Germany on Tuesday.

The two accomplices, who have been additionally arrested in Cologne and Konstanz in May, have been introduced earlier than the investigating decide on the Federal Court of Justice months in the past. Both have been taken into custody.

Experts and authorities such because the Federal Intelligence Service and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution have warned a number of instances in latest months about Russian sabotage and espionage. Among different issues, in 2024 an air freight bundle caught fireplace whereas it was nonetheless on the bottom in a logistics middle in Leipzig and never in the course of the flight. The bundle contained an incendiary machine that ignited and set a freight container on fireplace.