Russia detains former navy officer in Crimea for allegedly spying for Ukraine

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Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a former Russian navy official, Leonid Parkhomenko, in Crimea who is accused of spying for the Ukrainian military, the FSB announced on its website on Thursday.

The FSB said it detained the former Naval captain in Sevastopol on Tuesday (November 22) and that he was collecting information on Russia's Black Sea fleet for Ukraine. He is charged with treason.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Tuesday (November 22) released footage of detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea, saying the men were deserters from the Ukrainian army.

Ukraine claimed they were detained at checkpoint 'Chongar' on the side of Ukrainian-controlled territory while Russia says they were seized in Crimea.

Moscow and Kiev have been locked in conflict since Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula and an uprising by pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine.

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