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German Police Arrest Ukrainian Spy Targeting Bavarian Defense Firm

8/6/2026

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German police arrested a 33-year-old Ukrainian in Thuringia on August 2 for allegedly photographing a Bavarian defense firm for a foreign intelligence service.
Investigators called him a low-level agent acting for an unnamed foreign power.
He took images of the firm in June and sent them to his handlers.
The arrest, coordinated through Germany’s Joint Center for Countering Hybrid Threats (GAZ-Hybrid) opened in June, left him in pre-trial detention.

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German police arrested a 33-year-old Ukrainian in Thuringia on August 2 for allegedly photographing a Bavarian defense firm for a foreign intelligence service.
Investigators called him a low-level agent acting for an unnamed foreign power.
He took images of the firm in June and sent them to his handlers.
The arrest, coordinated through Germany’s Joint Center for Countering Hybrid Threats (GAZ-Hybrid) opened in June, left him in pre-trial detention.