{"id":2731,"date":"2026-10-15T15:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:03:45","slug":"russia-arrests-swedish-man-it-says-planned-terrorist-acts-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2731","title":{"rendered":"Russia arrests Swedish man it says planned ‘terrorist acts’ for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russia\u2019s FSB security service said on Thursday it had detained a Swedish man it suspects of \u200bplanning attacks and sabotage on behalf of Ukraine after entering Russia on \u200cthe pretext of seeking to join the Russian army.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The FSB said the 35-year-old man had been charged with illegally crossing the border and may face additional terrorism-related charges.<\/p>\n

It released a video \u200bof a purported confession in which the man, who gave his name as \u200bFreddy Lindholm from Stockholm, said he had come to Russia to \u2060use FPV (first-person view) drones to commit \u201cterrorist attacks\u201d and acts of sabotage.<\/p>\n

The Swedish Foreign \u200bMinistry said it was aware of media reports about the detention, but was not \u200bcurrently involved in the case. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Speaking in English, the man said he had signed a contract in the Ukrainian city of Ternopil with the Ukrainian army\u2019s \u200bAidar Battalion and had then undergone training in using FPV drones for surveillance \u200bpurposes. Russian state TV showed a copy of a contract he had purportedly signed with the \u200cUkrainian \u2060Defence Ministry.<\/p>\n

The FSB said the man had been detained in the western Pskov region close to Latvia and Belarus.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the pretence of joining the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces, he travelled to the Russian Federation to carry out sabotage and terrorist \u200bacts at military facilities,\u201d \u200bit said.<\/p>\n

The statement \u2060alleged that the man had served under contract between February and June as a Ukrainian drone commander in what the FSB \u200bcalled a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n

Since the start of Russia\u2019s war with \u200bUkraine, the \u2060FSB has been tasked by President Vladimir Putin with stepping up vigilance against foreign spies and saboteurs.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the FSB said it had detained a Japanese journalist<\/a> in Russia\u2019s Far \u2060East \u200bon suspicion of espionage. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae \u200bTakaichi denied on Thursday that Tokyo was conducting espionage in Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia\u2019s FSB security service said on Thursday it had detained a Swedish man it suspects of \u200bplanning attacks and sabotage on behalf of Ukraine after entering Russia on \u200cthe pretext of seeking to join the Russian army. The FSB said the 35-year-old man had been charged with illegally crossing the border and may face additional terrorism-related charges. It released a video \u200bof a purported confession in which the man, who gave his name as \u200bFreddy Lindholm from Stockholm, said he had come to Russia to \u2060use FPV (first-person view) drones…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}