State Security and Anti-Extremism Directorate
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Austrian authorities detained Ukrainian Pravda journalists in Vienna over alleged espionage
Austrian authorities detained Ukrainian Pravda journalist Mykhailo Tkach and cameraman Yaroslav Bondarenko in Vienna on October 8, 2025, with force, suspecting them of espionage for Ukraine’s military intelligence. They were investigating the whereabouts of former prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko, who left Ukraine on September 14 and later entered Austria instead of traveling to Paris. Austrian authorities later acknowledged that they had misidentified Tkach and found no connection between Bondarenko and personnel from the Main Intelligence Directorate.