A German agent was to deliver to Moscow information on the Ukrainian positions, according to “Der Spiegel”
A German intelligence agent arrested just before Christmas on suspicion of spying for Moscow was supposed to provide Russian intelligence with information on Ukrainian army artillery and air defense positions, claims Friday Der Spiegel.
According to the German weekly, this was information on the IRIS-T anti-missile shield system, supplied by Berlin to Ukraine after the Russian invasion, and Himars rocket launcher systems, made available to Kiev by United States.
Focusanother German weekly, believes for its part that this alleged spy, known as Carsten L., disclosed to Moscow secret accesses used by the German federal intelligence services, the BND, to penetrate the communications system. Russian.
According to preliminary results of the survey of the Spiegel, the Russian FSB security services asked Carsten L., arrested on December 22, to provide them, through a suspected accomplice, arrested on January 26, with GPS data on the location of the IRIS anti-missile shield systems -T and Himars rocket launchers. But sources familiar with the investigation told the magazine that it was unlikely that such data was ultimately passed on.
The German Attorney General, Peter Frank, is investigating for high treason against the two men, both of whom are remanded in custody.