A suspected spy was arrested in North Rhine-Westphalia on Friday. The man from Ukraine is alleged to have acted on behalf of a Russian secret service, the federal prosecutor’s workplace stated in a press release obtainable to ZEIT.

He is alleged to have collected info in Germany a couple of man who had taken half in fight operations for the Ukrainian army within the Russian conflict of aggression towards Ukraine prior to now. The man who was spied on is now in Germany. The espionage “Probably also served to prepare for further secret service operations against the target in Germany,” writes the Federal Prosecutor’s Office.

The suspect was arrested in Hagen and introduced earlier than an investigating decide on Saturday. He is now in custody.

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