Russia jails Ukrainian man for 11-1/2 years for attempting to buy secret missile parts


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  • Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A court in southern Russia has jailed a Ukrainian man for 11-1/2 years after convicting him of espionage for trying to procure secret missile components for Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.

The agencies cited Russia's FSB security service as saying that the man, who it named as 57-year-old Sergei Krivitsky, was an agent for Ukrainian military intelligence. They did not say whether he pleaded guilty or not.

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