Germany detains Ukrainian citizen on suspicion of spying for Russia

Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office detained a Ukrainian citizen identified as Vadym Y. in Brandenburg's Oder-Spree district on October 22 on suspicion of spying for Russian intelligence. Novynarnia reported the arrest via European Pravda, citing Germany's federal prosecutor's office.

The arrest was made under a warrant dated October 15. Prosecutors allege that, by July 2025 at the latest, the suspect was maintaining contact with Russian intelligence through an intermediary and gathering information of military significance in Germany.

The alleged information concerned production of armoured vehicles, ammunition and explosives, as well as personnel and military facilities linked to defending NATO's eastern flank. Prosecutors said some information was publicly accessible, while other material was obtained from people connected to Europe's defence industry.

The suspect is due before an investigating judge at Germany's Federal Court of Justice on October 23 for a decision on pretrial detention. The allegations remain unproven; Novynarnia's report did not describe a conviction.