Arya News - The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it had detained a Swedish citizen in the Pskov Region who planned acts of sabotage at military facilities under the pretext of joining the Russian armed forces.
"The Federal Security Service of Russia has detained a Swedish citizen in ... the Pskov Region who illegally crossed the state border of Russia from the territory of a neighboring state," the FSB said in a statement. Between February and June, the foreign national served in the military on a contract basis as the commander of a squad of unmanned aerial systems in an organization recognized as terrorist in Russia, the statement read, adding that there are documents confirming his participation in combat operations against Russia as part of the armed forces of the country.