FSB detains three for collaborating with Ukraine for drones: RIA

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had detained three people accused of collaborating with Ukraine.

 "Two residents of the Republic of Crimea were detained on suspicion of the clandestine cooperation with Ukraine’s special services," the FSB reported. "It was established that the two Yalta residents born in 1980 and 1983 maintained cooperation with a Ukrainian Security Service agent to whom they transferred information about the socio-political, economic and military situation in the peninsula. Also, the [detained] persons  expressed readiness to conduct subversive and terror attacks against military facilities on Crimean territory," the FSB reported.

Criminal charges have been filed against the detainees, who may face prison terms of three to eight years and a potential fine of up to 1 million rubles ($11,830).