FSB says Sevastopol resident arrested in treason case

A Sevastopol resident has been detained and remanded in custody on suspicion of passing Black Sea Fleet information to Ukraine's SBU security service, Russia's FSB said.

The agency alleges that the man, born in 1969, contacted a Ukrainian intelligence representative on his own initiative for financial gain and supplied locations of military equipment and fleet units through WhatsApp.

The FSB's investigative department for Crimea and Sevastopol opened a criminal case under Article 275 of Russia's Criminal Code, which covers treason.