According to the FSB,
the woman purposefully collected secret military information.
SEVASTOPOL, November
29. /TASS/. The Leninsky District Court in the Crimean city of Sevastopol has
arrested a woman suspected of spying for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, a
court spokesperson told TASS on Friday.
"She has been
taken into custody for two months," the spokesperson said.
Russia’s Federal
Security Service (FSB) said earlier that a Russian woman suspected of espionage
had been detained in Sevastopol. According to the FSB, "she was recruited
by Ukrainian intelligence agencies at the instruction of the Main Directorate
of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and purposefully collected secret military
information."
A criminal case has
been opened under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (high treason),
which stipulates a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
Source: ITAR-TASS
29-11-2019
