Russia detains 2 alleged spies for Ukraine
29 Sep 2017 2:08 PM GMT
Moscow: Russia said on Friday it had detained two of its citizens including a member of the armed forces who allegedly passed Ukraine military secrets on the Black Sea naval fleet based in Moscow-annexed Crimea.
The FSB security service said in a statement that it had detained a man who was serving as a conscript in the Russian armed forces in Crimea and a woman. It said the pair "had been gathering and passing to the Ukrainian special services information that is a state secret about the activities of the units and divisions of the Black Sea naval fleet" based in Crimea. The FSB said it had opened a criminal case into treason, which is punishable by a maximum jail term of 20 years. Russia regularly announces it has foiled attempts to undermine its rule in Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in 2014 in a move condemned internationally. In August, the FSB said it had captured an alleged Ukrainian agent who was planning acts of sabotage.
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