BILD newspaper reports that the Russian ambassador in Berlin was summoned to the German Foreign Ministry, following the arrest of two German-Russians accused of spying for Russia.
According to federal prosecutors, the two men were photographing and videotaping German and US military installations, railway lines and key infrastructure, with the aim of attempting sabotage with explosives in order to block the Ukrainian army’s arms supply line from Germany.
In particular, the federal prosecutor Jens Rommel accuses the two suspects, who have been monitored in recent months by the German secret services, the Federal Crime Agency, as well as American officials, for a series of “illegal operations on behalf of the Russian state and at the expense of her Ukrainian».
The central role in the action of the two arrested was 39-year-old Dieter S., a holder of German and Russian citizenship who has fought for a brigade of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” against Ukraine, between 2014 and 2016.
The federal prosecutor classifies the suspect’s mission as “participation in a terrorist organization” and thus for the first time the “Donetsk People’s Republic”, which is only recognized by RussiaSyria and North Korea, is officially designated a “terrorist organization”. In fact, the relevant authorization was given for the prosecution by the Ministry of Justice, as it concerns an anti-terrorist investigation.
Dieter S. is also believed to have been systematically spying since at least October 2023 on military areas, railway lines and other infrastructure in Germany, including US bases on German soil, photographing and filming, with the aim of preparing explosive attacks on its supply lines Ukrainian army from Germany.
According to the protothema, the slogan was “prevent the transfer of weapons and other material from Germany to Ukraine” and the 39-year-old German-Russian was passing on the information he was gathering to the Russian secret service. Since March of this year, he has been working with 37-year-old Alexander G., who had also been active militarily in the “Donetsk People’s Republic”.
According to the ARD report, the federal prosecutor’s office assesses the case as “particularly serious activity by agents of foreign services” and the two suspects face prison terms of up to ten years.
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