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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Alleged Russian spy says suspicions first raised on her way to base training Ukraine forces

Katrin Ivanova appearing via video link at Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA) - (PA Archive)

A woman accused of spying for Russia has told jurors she began to raise questions while on her way to a US Army base believed to have been used to train Ukrainian soldiers on the Patriot missile system.

Bulgarians Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, were allegedly part of a group which carried out surveillance on places and people of interest to the Russian state between August 30 2020 and February 8 2023.

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