OREANDA-NEWS  An employee of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), accused of espionage in favor of Russia, was suspected of transmitting secret data to Moscow about the situation in Ukraine, writes Tadesshai.

Karsten L. could transmit materials to Russia with assessments of the events taking place in Ukraine. The German Prosecutor General's Office and the Federal Intelligence Service declined to comment on this information, referring to their previous press releases.

The arrest of the BND employee became known on December 22. The man is under investigation on suspicion of treason. According to Focus, he had access to classified data obtained from the United States and the United Kingdom.