Hybrid warfare: Ukrainians arrested in North Rhine-Westphalia for suspected spying for Russia | EUROtoday

The police have arrested a suspected agent in Hagen. The Ukrainian is alleged to have spied on a person in Germany for Russia.

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A suspected spy from Ukraine who is alleged to have acted on behalf of a Russian secret service was arrested in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the arrest and knowledgeable that the spy had collected details about a person who was concerned in fight operations for the Ukrainian army. It is suspected that the espionage additionally served to organize for additional secret service operations towards the goal in Germany. The suspect was arrested in Hagen, introduced earlier than an investigating decide and is now in custody. This story will probably be regularly up to date because it develops.

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A person was arrested in Hagen on suspicion of spying for Russia.
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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.

This article will proceed to be up to date.

https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2026-03/ukrainer-wegen-mutmasslicher-spionage-fuer-russland-in-nrw-festgenommen