A British man has been arrested in Kyiv on suspicion of spying for Russia.

Ross David Cutmore is alleged to have been recruited by Russia’s FSB security service and to have passed sensitive information to Russian authorities in exchange for money.

According to Ukrainian officials, he transmitted “the coordinates of Ukrainian units, photographs of the training area, and information regarding military personnel that could be used to identify them”.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “We are providing consular assistance to a British man who is detained in Ukraine.

“We remain in close contact with the Ukrainian authorities.”

Officials say Cutmore arrived in Ukraine in January 2024 to train recruits in the southern city of Mykolaiv.

In a statement carried by multiple media outlets, the K

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