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A British citizen accused of spying Russia In ukraine Ukrainian prosecutors said on Wednesday that a man who was preparing to carry out terrorist attacks has been arrested.
Ukrainian authorities alleged that the man, whom they did not name, cooperated RussiaSpecial services and agreed to sell military information in exchange for money.
the person who has been detained Kyiv His “temporary residence” was accused of “unauthorized dissemination of information about the defense forces in a state of martial law.”
UK Foreign Office has confirmed that it is aware of the reports and is “in close contact with Ukrainian authorities”. ukraineThe security service said the man was also “preparing to carry out terrorist attacks”.
The British national appeared in a Ukrainian court this week and was detained without bail.
This is the first case of a British citizen accused of spying on Ukrainian soil.
Ukrainian officials said he initially traveled to Ukraine in 2024 to work as a military instructor, but then posted online on pro-Russian forums saying he was willing to sell information. He was then reportedly contacted by Russia’s secret police, the FSB.
“The captors gave him instructions on how to make an improvised explosive device. They also sent him coordinates of an arms warehouse, where he recovered a pistol with two loaded magazines,” the Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement, referring to Russia.
Prosecutors said he had “professional skills in fire and tactical training” and had advertised his desire to spy on “various pro-Kremlin Internet groups.”
The Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said the British national stopped working as an instructor in September 2024 and moved to the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. “He established contact with a representative of the Russian special service and agreed to provide military information in exchange for money,” the statement said.
They said they had evidence that the British man sent sensitive military information to Russia in May 2025, including the location of Ukrainian units, photographs of training areas and information about military personnel that could identify them.
He received $6,000 (£4,541) for an “assignment”, prosecutors said in a statement. A pre-trial investigation “is being conducted by investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine with operational support of counter-intelligence units”.