Tldr from the Article:
Two German-Russians were arrested for preparing sabotage operations on behalf of Russia. The aim was to sabotage Germany’s support for Ukraine. Both have German and Russian Citizenship.
Federal Prosecutor General Jens Rommel accuses them of a whole series of other crimes. The headlines above everything are: Illegal operations for the Russian state and against Ukraine. Terrorism and espionage.
Dieter S. is said to have fought armed for a brigade of the "Donetsk People’s Republic" against Ukraine between 2014 and 2016.
The Federal Prosecutor General classifies Dieter S.’s alleged combat mission as membership in a foreign terrorist organization. A novelty, because this means that the "Donetsk People’s Republic" becomes a terrorist organization. Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) has granted the corresponding authorization to prosecute. A step with great symbolic significance that is likely to have diplomatic consequences.
Full German article here, just run it through Google Translation.
https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/russland-sabotage-100.html
https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1c6yfn7/german_news_federal_justice_minister_and_federal/
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Additional german News links from the biggest news outlets:
[https://www.focus.de/panorama/sollen-anschlaege-geplant-haben-mutmassliche-russische-spione-in-bayern-verhaftet_id_259865733.html](https://www.focus.de/panorama/sollen-anschlaege-geplant-haben-mutmassliche-russische-spione-in-bayern-verhaftet_id_259865733.html)
[https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/generalbundesanwalt-ermittelt-zwei-mutmassliche-russische-saboteure-in-bayern-verhaftet-a-0115bebd-195a-41fb-83be-da8d642045cd](https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/generalbundesanwalt-ermittelt-zwei-mutmassliche-russische-saboteure-in-bayern-verhaftet-a-0115bebd-195a-41fb-83be-da8d642045cd)
[https://www.zeit.de/politik/2024-04/mutmassliche-agenten-mit-verbindung-zu-russland-in-bayern-verhaftet](https://www.zeit.de/politik/2024-04/mutmassliche-agenten-mit-verbindung-zu-russland-in-bayern-verhaftet)