Belarusian-based correspondent of UA: Ukrainian Radio and former UNIAN correspondent in Minsk, Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Sharoiko, who was detained in Belarus on October 25, has been officially indicted on charges of espionage, according to Belarus' BelaPAN media company.
A list of 16 pseudonyms of members of a “human intelligence network” were allegedly found during the search of the apartment of Ukrainian journalist Pavlo Sharoiko, the Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA) wrote referring to the story aired by Belarus 1 TV channel.
Information Resistance (IR), a Ukrainian non-governmental project on information security, has revealed details of the detention of Ukrainian journalist Pavlo Sharoiko by the Belarusian KGB special service, claiming that he had met with a Russian provocateur prior to the arrest in Belarus.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Vyacheslav Kyrylenko says Belarusian officials' assurances of friendship look hypocritical amid the detention of Ukrainian citizens in Belarus.
Ukrainian correspondent of UA: Ukrainian Radio, former UNIAN reporter in Minsk, citizen of Ukraine Pavlo Sharoiko was detained by operatives of the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus, according to the head of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) Sergiy Tomilenko.