Ukrainian authorities have arrested a British military instructor accused of spying for Russia and plotting assassinations.

Ross David Cutmore, 40, from Dunfermline, was allegedly recruited by Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB, to “carry out targeted killings on the territory of Ukraine” between 2024 and 2025.

The Kyiv prosecutor’s office said: “In May 2025, he passed on the coordinates of the locations of Ukrainian units, photographs of the training facility and information about military personnel that could be used to identify them.

“In addition, analysis of his correspondence confirmed that he had carried out other tasks for the benefit of the Russian special services.”

Cutmore was previously deployed to the Middle East with the British army , and arrived in Ukraine early

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