February 9, 2026, 12:00 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 1:32 p.m
The Ukrainian, who was extradited to Germany in December for allegedly planning acts of sabotage, is said to have given several people instructions for sending packages with GPS transmitters. This is shown by a decision that has now been published by the Federal Criminal Court.
The Ukrainian was arrested in the canton of Thurgau last spring at a request from Germany. The German judiciary accuses the man of having agreed to Russian authorities to commit acts of sabotage. The man was extradited to Germany in December. Charges were brought against two accomplices there in January.
On Monday, the Appeals Chamber of the Federal Criminal Court published its decision from December 2025, with which it rejected the person concerned’s complaint against extradition. This shows that the accused gave an accomplice a backpack with two GPS trackers as well as a car air filter and a headlight in March 2025 near the main train station in Konstanz/D.
The Ukrainian sent the accomplice instructions on how to activate the trackers via the messaging app Telegram. To test it, the accomplice took it for a walk while the complainant checked the function on a cell phone app.
Car parts sent
Following the Ukrainian’s Telegram instructions, the accomplice sent two packages, each containing one of the GPS trackers and a car part, to the second accomplice in Cologne/D. The sender had previously received the address from an unknown person. The Ukrainian’s partner also lives at the address, as the decision further shows.
At the end of March 2025, the second accomplice was supposed to send the packages to two locations in Ukraine on behalf of the Ukrainian via a private Ukrainian postal and courier company. The knowledge gained from the GPS trackers should be used to send packages containing explosives and incendiary devices in such a way that they cause the greatest possible damage to freight transport between Germany and Ukraine.
The German authorities described the Ukrainian in their arrest warrant as a so-called low-level agent, according to the Federal Criminal Court’s decision. These are people who are recruited by foreign intelligence services for relatively simple operations. Their exposure and elimination is accepted, which is why they are also called disposable agents. (Decision RR.2025.121 from December 16, 2025) (sda)