A Romanian man has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia for the past two years, prosecutors in Bucharest said on Friday.

Since 2022, the man had been “collecting information of a military nature and taking photographs of military combat equipment and the movement of personnel in the border area with Ukraine.”

This is according to the statement released.

The man is suspected of spying on Romanian or NATO military positions located in the vicinity of the city of Tulcea, the prosecutors continued.

Tulcea is located on the Danube Delta, about 7 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.

There are transport connections to Ukraine from there.

The public prosecutor added that the suspect had transmitted this data to the Russian embassy in the Romanian capital, Bucharest.

An investigating Judge has ordered that the Romanian citizen be remanded in custody for 30 days.

The investigation was conducted by a special unit of the Romanian public prosecutor’s office responsible for organised crime and terrorism in collaboration with the country’s domestic intelligence service.

Investigators said that several pieces of evidence were identified and seized after searching the suspect’s home. 

(dpa/NAN)