In Odesa, a British ex-instructor was sentenced to 8 years in prison for working for the FSB

The Kyiv District Court of Odesa sentenced a British citizen, Ross David Cutmore, a former military instructor, to 8.5 years in prison for working for the FSB.

This was reported by Slidstvo.info from the courtroom.

During the hearing on April 30 at the Kyiv District Court of Odesa, the prosecutor requested that the hearing be held in closed session. When asked by the judge to explain the grounds, he replied that he would announce the essence of the charges. However, the judge denied the request, finding no legal grounds for a closed session. Subsequently, the prosecutor said that Ross David Cutmore had pleaded guilty and initiated the plea agreement himself.

The Security Service of Ukraine exposed and detained a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland suspected of collaborating with Russian special services and passing classified information about Ukrainian troops. On October 27, 2025, he was officially notified of suspicion under Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of unauthorized dissemination of information about the Defense Forces during martial law.

According to the investigation, the foreigner arrived in Ukraine in early 2024. At first, he conducted training for the Ukrainian military in Mykolaiv, and later worked at a border guard detachment. In the fall of the same year, the man moved to Odesa, where he established contact with a representative of the Russian special services and agreed to collect intelligence for a monetary reward.

Investigators found that in May 2025, he passed to the enemy the coordinates of the location of Ukrainian units, photographs of a training facility and personal data of servicemen. In addition, the British man's correspondence shows that he performed other tasks, such as collecting information about strategic facilities in Odesa, discussing the possibility of using explosives, and trying to establish contacts with the Ukrainian military command.

For one of these tasks, the man allegedly received 6 thousand US dollars. The court, at the request of the prosecutor, imposed on him a measure of restraint in the form of detention without bail. The investigation is ongoing under the supervision of the Prosecutor General's Office.

Кирило Бойко