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Scottish military instructor who spied for Russia jailed in Ukraine
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- Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline in Fife, admitted disclosing "unauthorised information" on the location of Ukrainian units and information on foreign military trainers.
- Cutmore - who arrived in Ukraine in early 2024 - was also accused of discussing terrorist attacks and illegally possessing a pistol supplied by the Russians.
- He admitted his guilt at the Kyiv District Court in Odesa on 30 April under a plea deal and had co-operated with the investigation, according to the Ukrainian authorities.
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Iona Young BBC Scotland Slidstvo.Info Cutmore has been in custody in Ukraine since his arrest last year A Scottish man who worked as a military instructor in Ukraine but was recruited to work as a Russian spy has been jailed in the country for eight-and-a-half years.
Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline in Fife, admitted disclosing "unauthorised information" on the location of Ukrainian units and information on foreign military trainers.
Cutmore - who arrived in Ukraine in early 2024 - was also accused of discussing terrorist attacks and illegally possessing a pistol supplied by the Russians.
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