Overview

• Ukraine’s Security Service detained the younger suspect on July 9 in Kyiv during his attempt to hand over classified Neptune missile documents to his father.
• Digital devices seized from the pair revealed correspondence outlining their coordinated effort to smuggle technical data on the RK-360MC Neptune cruise missile to Chinese intelligence.
• Both suspects have been formally charged under Article 114 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
• Officials said the father arrived in Kyiv on July 7 to coordinate espionage operations and was detained on July 9.
• Beijing’s foreign ministry said it is verifying the case; it has made no public comment on the charges.