Two people suspected of spying for Russian intelligence were detained in the west of Germany and in the southeast of Spain – the national prosecutor in Karlsruhe present reported. The detainees were to analyse a drone supplier for Ukraine in Germany.
The detainees were a 45-year-old Romanian citizen, captured in Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, and a 43-year-old Ukrainian citizen, detained in the city of Elda in the Spanish state of Alicante.
The German D.A. accuses both of them of spying. According to investigators, Ukrainians have been watching in Germany since December 2025 a drone supplier for Ukraine. For this purpose, he collected information online and recorded the workplace.
Investigators have determined that erstwhile a man moved to Spain, his task was taken over, at the latest in March, Romania. She was to visit a spy individual at a private address and evidence her on a cell phone. As noted, these activities were most likely utilized to prepare further intelligence operations.
On Wednesday, a female is to face an investigative justice from the national Court of Justice who will decide whether to apply an investigative detention to her. The Ukrainian is to be transported first from Spain to Germany.
The German counterintelligence estimated that since the launch of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the threat of espionage, sabotage and misinformation to Russia has increased markedly.
APW, PAP
