On October 29, the Ukrainian National Security Bureau on social media that the Ukrainian side arrested a foreign citizen, accusing him of ¡°leaking information about the Ukrainian military to the enemy¡±.

According to the website of the Ukrainian TV station TSN, the British citizen went to Ukraine before 2024, worked as a military instructor in Ukraine, became a "Russian intelligence agency agent" after stopping cooperation with the Ukrainian military and "leaked information about the Ukrainian military".

This is the first time a British citizen has been accused of ¡°spying¡± in Ukraine, according to the Independent newspaper.The report also said that the British Foreign Ministry said it had been informed of the relevant reports ¡°is in close contact with the Ukrainian government¡±.