Ukraine Detains Senior Public Figures Suspected of Spying for Russia

A large plume of smoke rising on the horizon, behind the town of Severodonetsk, in this picture taken from the town of Lysychansk on June 21, 2022. Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images

KYIV—Ukraine has detained a senior government official and a business leader suspected of being part of an alleged Russian spy network, the Security Service of Ukraine said on Tuesday.

The Security Service (SBU) did not name the two suspects but identified them as a senior official in the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and a department head at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a business lobby.