Ukraine charges former top security official with treason

Ukrainian authorities have charged a former top security official with treason, Kyiv’s domestic intelligence agency said on Monday, in a case that highlights efforts to weed out Russian spies from within.

Oleh Kulinich, who headed the Security Service of Ukraine’s (SBU) Crimea directorate, was arrested last July on accusations of recruiting other Russian-friendly operatives on orders from Moscow.

Investigators said Kulinich was working for Russia’s Federal Security Service and was overseen by other former Ukrainian officials who had defected to Moscow, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022....REUTERS