Kyiv court has arrested an employee of a Ukrainian defense plant who is suspected of state treason, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

“Investigators found out that a worker of a state-owned enterprise of the defense and industrial sector was recruited by an agent of the 316th Intelligence Center of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces while staying in Russia in 2014 for the purpose of collecting and transferring the military data for misusing while carrying out subversive activity against our country,” according to the statement released on July 4.