Dua Suspek Rancang Sabotaj Terhadap Sistem Ketenteraan Ukraine Diberkas

BERLIN, 18 Apr – Dua warga Jerman-Russia ditahan selepas didakwa merancang serangan sabotaj untuk menjejaskan sokongan ketenteraan terhadap Ukraine.

Menurut pejabat pendakwa persekutuan Jerman, pihak berkuasa melakukan siasatan di rumah dan tempat kerja dua suspek itu yang dituduh berkhidmat untuk perkhidmatan rahsia asing.

“Salah seorang suspek, dikenali sebagai Dieter S, dipercayai sudah membincangkan kemungkinan plot serangan dengan seseorang yang berkaitan dengan perkhidmatan rahsia Russia, sejak Oktober 2023.

“Dieter S bersedia untuk melakukan serangan bom ke atas kemudahan ketenteraan, termasuk yang dikendalikan oleh pasukan Amerika Syarikat (AS),” katanya melalui kenyataan. – REUTERS

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Two German-Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting sabotage attacks, including on U.S. military facilities, in a serious effort to undermine military support for Ukraine, officials said on Thursday.

Authorities have searched the homes and workplaces of the two suspects who stand accused of working for a foreign secret service. One of them, identified as Dieter S., had since October 2023 discussed possible plots with a person linked to the Russian secret service, prosecutors said.

Germany has become one of Kyiv’s biggest suppliers of military aid since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and is a major target for Russian spying operations, authorities have said.

“Our security authorities have prevented possible explosive attacks that were intended to target and undermine our military assistance to Ukraine,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said.

“It is a particularly serious case of alleged spy activity for (President Vladimir) Putin’s criminal regime.”

Germany summoned the Russian ambassador over the arrests. Earlier, the Kremlin said it had no information about the issue.

Dieter S. had been prepared to carry out bomb and arson attacks on military facilities, including those operated by U.S. forces, prosecutors said, adding that he took photos and videos of military transport and equipment.

According to Spiegel magazine, the facilities included the Grafenwoehr army base in the southern state of Bavaria where Ukrainian soldiers receive training to use U.S. Abrams tanks.

The prosecutors suspect Dieter S., whose last name has not been disclosed due to German privacy laws, was a fighter for Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine from Dec. 2014 to Sept. 2016 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

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