Overview
- Federal prosecutors say surveillance of a war‑injured former Ukrainian military intelligence officer was intended to prepare his killing.
- The defendants—an Armenian, a Ukrainian, and a Russian—have been held since their SEK arrests in Frankfurt on June 19, 2024.
- Investigators assert the Armenian suspect received the task in early May 2024 and then recruited the other two men.
- The group allegedly planned to lure the target to a central Frankfurt café in June 2024, but the meeting collapsed after the man alerted police.
- Defense lawyers rejected the allegations in court, arguing the evidence is incomplete and alternative scenarios were not examined.