Overview
- Federal prosecutors arrested Ilona W., a German‑Ukrainian dual citizen, in Berlin on allegations of acting for a foreign intelligence service.
- Authorities say she maintained contact since at least November 2023 with a Russian Embassy officer identified as working for a Russian intelligence service.
- Prosecutors allege she sought and passed on details on defense industry sites, drone tests, and planned drone deliveries to Ukraine.
- She allegedly enabled the Russian contact to attend Berlin political events under aliases to cultivate networks.
- Investigators searched her home and two other addresses, and they are assessing the roles of a recently retired officer and a civil servant who left the ministry more than 15 years ago.