Russia gives elderly Crimean woman 12 years in prison for passing classified military secrets to Ukrainian intelligence

A Russian court

A Russian court on the Crimean peninsula has sentenced a pensioner to 12 years behind bars for high treason after being found guilty of sending information about the country’s Black Sea fleet to Ukrainian military intelligence.

According to the prosecutor, a woman born in 1955 cooperated with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and collected information about an aviation regiment of the Russian navy, including sensitive details like flag and radio call signs. These are considered to be state secrets. The hearing was held behind closed doors in Sevastopol, Crimea’s largest city.

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