Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service, FSB, said on Friday, April 25, that it arrested a 23-year-old Romanian citizen on suspicion of spying for Ukraine by sharing the locations of Russian air defense systems.<\/p>\n
The unnamed man is accused of collecting and transmitting information about air defense sites in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi to Ukrainian intelligence services in the summer of 2024. In exchange, Ukrainian intelligence services allegedly promised to help him leave Russia safely and allow him to join the Ukrainian military, according to a\u00a0press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n Footage released by the FSB and shared by Russian media showed the man being detained and interrogated. In the video, he appeared to identify his alleged Ukrainian handler by name and describe the location of an air defense system in Sochi.<\/p>\n \u201cHis name was Volodymyr, he\u2019s a senior officer in Ukrainian intelligence,\u201d the man said in English, with his face blurred. It was not immediately possible to verify the FSB\u2019s claims, and it remains unclear whether the man was speaking under duress.<\/p>\n \u203c\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 A #Romanian<\/a> citizen who was collecting information about the deployment of #Russian<\/a> air defense systems on assignment from Kiev has been detained in Sochi, the FSB reported. pic.twitter.com\/mVAlJ6RgIM<\/a><\/p>\n