Two former German defense officials implicated in Russian spy case: ministry

Two former German defense officials are being investigated after a German-Ukrainian woman was arrested on charges of spying for Russia, a defense ministry spokesman said Wednesday. (Reuters/File)
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Updated 21 January 2026
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Two former German defense officials implicated in Russian spy case: ministry

  • The two men supplied the woman with information

BERLIN: Two former German defense officials are being investigated after a German-Ukrainian woman was arrested on charges of spying for Russia, a defense ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
He said the two men — a recently retired staff officer and a former senior civil servant — supplied the woman with information, but that it remained unclear whether they knew she was allegedly spying for Russia.