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Man with Ukrainian documents detained in Bulgaria for espionage

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Man with Ukrainian documents detained in Bulgaria for espionage
A Bulgarian national flag flies on a government building in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Friday, March 29, 2024. (Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A 23-year-old man with Ukrainian identity documents was detained in Bulgaria and charged with espionage, Bulgarian media reported on June 19.

According to reports, the man illegally entered the territory of the "Maritsa Iztok 2" thermal power plant the day before and was detained by the site's security team.

Security found drones, mobile phones, and numerous SIM cards on his person.

Local media reported that the man was arrested and charged with collecting information that constitutes a state secret for the purpose of providing it to a foreign country.

It's not yet known if he took photos of a strategic object in the power plant and whether his devices contained information constituting a state secret.

The report did not clarify whether the individual is a citizen of Ukraine.

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Rachel Amran is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked on the Europe and Central Asia team of Human Rights Watch investigating war crimes in Ukraine. Rachel holds a master's degree in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Regional Studies from Columbia University.

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