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The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has officially indicted a foreign national for espionage under Ukraine's Criminal Code Article 28, Part 2 and Article 114, Part 1, and sent the case to the Mykolaiv Appeals Court.

There is evidence that the suspected spy collected secret defense data that he intended to pass over to a foreign organization, the Prosecutor General’s Office reports.

The suspect was exposed and arrested in July 2012.