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The Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart convicted 30-year-old Ukrainian man in a case of suspected preparations of explosive devices with the aim of sending them in parcels to carry out bombings within Europe. The operation was organized by Russian intelligence. This is stated in a Reuters report.
In particular, according to court materials, three Ukrainian citizens were involved in sending two parcels with GPS trackers and spare parts for cars from Germany to Ukraine. These Ukrainians used the Ukrainian postal service as part of an operation initiated by an unnamed Russian state structure.
The court noted that for the Russian organizers of the conspiracy, the purpose of these postal shipments was to identify potential capabilities for future sabotage actions.
By court decision, 30-year-old Ukrainian man was sentenced to one year and three months in prison for acting as an agent with the aim of sabotage. However, he will not be jailed, as it is considered that he has served his sentence during pretrial detention.
At the same time, two other defendants were acquitted due to lack of evidence that they consciously participated in the conspiracy to carry out such attacks.
European governments have already accused Moscow of carrying out a prolonged campaign of sabotage attacks as part of a “hybrid war” against countries that support Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 year.
The court stated that 30-year-old Ukrainian man "deliberately participated in reconnaissance of potential targets for sabotage for the Russian state entity". Officials said:
"At the request of an acquaintance from Mariupol, which is occupied by Russia, he organized the transport of GPS trackers that transmitted location data during transit from Germany to Ukraine."
Meanwhile, as court spokesperson Lars Kemner told reporters, in determining the sentence, it was taken into account that the defendant’s actions were carried out long before the actual sabotage.
Lawyer Martin Heising, who represented one of the acquitted defendants, said that his client could face negative consequences if returning to Ukraine after the politically sensitive trial.
Sabotage in Germany
As reported by UNIAN, in August 2025 year information spread that in Germany the threat of Russian sabotage on the railways was increasing.
At the beginning of August 2026 year it became known that at the airport of the German city of Leipzig, next to a Ukrainian plane, a drone equipped with explosives was found.
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