Ukraine Says 5 Russian Spies Caught | News | The Moscow Times: “KIEV — Ukraine has expelled four Russians for spying and detained another on espionage charges, the head of Ukraine’s main intelligence service said Tuesday.
Spy chief Valentyn Nalyvaychenko said the Russians had been caught in the Odessa region trying to obtain military secrets.
‘Ukraine’s security services intercepted a Russian intelligence operation on Jan. 27 in the region of Odessa,’ Nalyvaychenko said, Interfax reported.
‘We caught all five operatives red-handed who, with blackmail and threats, tried illegally to obtain Ukrainian state secrets from a Ukrainian citizen,’ he said in comments confirmed by a spokeswoman for the security service.”