Overview
- Ukraine's Security Service detained the unnamed British citizen at a temporary residence in Kyiv, and a court ordered him held without bail on Oct. 29.
- Investigators report he arrived in January 2024, trained troops in Mykolaiv, later worked with a border unit, then relocated to Odesa in late September 2024.
- Prosecutors allege he sent coordinates of Ukrainian unit positions, photographs of a training facility, and identifying details in May 2025, receiving $6,000 for one task.
- The SSU says he offered his services in pro-Kremlin online groups, received instructions for an improvised explosive device, and retrieved a pistol with two loaded magazines from a cache.
- He was served a notice of suspicion on Oct. 27 under Article 114-2.3, the pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and the UK Foreign Office says it is in contact with Ukrainian authorities.