The federal prosecutor's office is charging 40-year-old Dieter S. The man fought for the 'Donetsk People's Republic' and is also involved in an investigation into sabotage plans.
Writes UNN with reference to Spiegel.
In the case of German-Russian Dieter S., who was arrested in April 2024, the Federal Prosecutor's Office of Germany filed the first indictment. The 40-year-old man is accused of "membership in a foreign terrorist organization" and "preparing a serious act of violence that endangers the state.
According to the indictment, Dieter S. was a member of an armed unit of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the east of Ukraine from December 2014 to September 2016. The defendant had firearms. Dieter S. took part in the fighting around Donetsk airport on the side of the "dpR" in the winter of 2014/2015 and fought in the Ukrainian town of maryinka in June 2015.
In another case, the Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating Dieter S. and his alleged accomplice, German-born Russian Alexander J., on suspicion of espionage. It accuses the men of being intelligence agents in a particularly serious case.
From October 2023, it exchanged ideas with him about possible sabotage activities in Germany that were designed to ‘undermine’ the federal government's military support for Ukraine.
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