Germany arrests two over links to pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine

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2026-01-21

Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) - German authorities have arrested two men suspected of supporting pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, prosecutors said on Wednesday. A Russian and a German national, identified as Suren A and Falko H, in line with Germany's strict privacy laws, were taken into custody in the eastern state of Brandenburg that surrounds Berlin, according to the Federal Public Prosecutors' Office. They are accused of supporting foreign ter......

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