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Two suspected of spying for Russia arrested in Germany, Spain

Two people have been detained in Germany and Spain over allegations of spying for Russian intelligence, Germany's Federal Public Prosecutor's Office said on Tuesday.

AFP WORLD
Published March 24,2026
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A Ukrainian man and Romanian woman suspected of spying on a drone supplier in Germany on behalf of Russian intelligence have been arrested, German prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The pair, arrested in Germany and Spain, are accused of surveilling someone who was supplying drones to Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since the full-scale invasion of 2022, the German federal prosecutors said.