Russia jails Romanian citizen for 15 years for spying for Ukraine


MOSCOW, March ⁠5 (Reuters) - A Romanian man ⁠was convicted of spying ‌for Ukraine and sentenced by a Russian court on Thursday to ​15 years in prison, ⁠the court ⁠in the southern region of Krasnodar ⁠said.

In ‌a post on Telegram, the court's ⁠press service said the man, ​who ‌it named as Adrian-David Chercio, ⁠had ​gathered and passed to Ukraine information on air defences ⁠in the coastal resort ​city of Sochi.

It said he had agreed to work for ⁠Ukraine in November 2024, but did not say when he was arrested.

There was ​no immediate ⁠comment from Romania's foreign ministry.

(Reporting ​by Reuters, Writing ‌by Felix Light; ​Editing by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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