In mid-March, it emerged that a German drone manufacturer had been the victim of alleged espionage leading to the arrest of two suspected spies thought to have passed on secret information to Russia. The Federal Public Prosecutor General accuses the suspects of collecting information about the company both on-site and online on behalf of the Russian secret service.
In another case at the end of March, a Ukrainian national was arrested, also accused of espionage activities. The Public Prosecutor General accused him of having collected information about a former fighter in Ukraine on behalf of Russia's secret services. The spying operation may also have served to prepare further intelligence operations against the target in Germany, according to lawyers.
