The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested British national Ross David Cutmore for allegedly obtaining firearms and ammunition from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to carry out assassinations in Ukraine, according to reports. According to the SBU, Cutmore could face up to 12 years in prison and confiscation of property.
Although some reports claim that Cutmore was a British Army veteran, his military service remains unclear, as does whether the uniform he wears is from the British Army.
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A resident walks among the rubble at a damaged house, a day after a Russian attack on a suburb of Odesa, southern Ukraine on March 7, 2025, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Oleksandr Gimanova/AFP via Getty Images)
The spokesperson added that the FCDO cannot “get a British citizen out of prison, prevent local authorities from deporting you after your prison sentence, or interfere with criminal or civil legal proceedings. We must follow the systems of other countries,” according to the consular assistance page.
On October 29, the SBU, without revealing his name, announced the arrest of a “former military instructor” who worked for the FSB in Kiev.
Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, foreigners have traveled to Ukraine to help the war effort after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a public plea for veterans to come to Kiev at the start of the conflict, the report said. Financial times.
Ukrainian security officials have arrested British national Ross David Cutmore in Kiev for allegedly working with Russia’s FSB to plan attacks. (East2West)
The SBU said he arrived in Kiev in early 2024 to serve as a military instructor in charge of training Ukrainian army personnel. A few months later, Cutmore stopped working as an instructor and reportedly offered to work with Russian special services because he was looking for “easy money,” the SBU alleged.
Investigators believe he was approached by FSB agents after posting notices on pro-Russian social media groups, then allegedly recruited in Odesa in September 2024 and paid $6,000 to provide Russia with sensitive information, reports said.
An FSB handler instructed him to gather information on other foreign military instructors and the coordinates of training centers in southern Ukraine.
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Ross David Cutmore was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). (East2West)
The SBU also said he was given instructions on how to make a homemade explosive device, in addition to the coordinates of the cache where he picked up a pistol with two loaded magazines, but the SBU detained Cutmore at his residence in Kiev before carrying out the task.
He is accused of providing Russia with information about the Ukrainian army and preparing for “terrorist attacks,” as stated by the SBU.
Members of the Ukrainian Territorial Armed Forces, volunteer military units of the armed forces, train in a city park in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
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