Briton Jake Reeves admitted that he set fire to a London commercial facility connected to Ukraine at the behest of Russia.
Reuters writes about it.
Reeves, 22, pleaded guilty at Woolwich Crown Court in London to a charge of setting fire to a premises belonging to “Mr X” on an industrial estate in east London in March.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving material benefit from a foreign intelligence service under Britainʼs new National Security Act (NSA).
The case involving Reeves has been under investigation since April 2024. There are a total of seven characters in it. The investigation claims that they attacked a real estate object that "belonged to a Ukrainian."
Last month, another suspect in the case, 20-year-old Dylan Earle, also pleaded guilty to arson and acts for the benefit of a foreign power.
Three other men also deny aggravated arson charges, and another suspect has yet to enter a plea. The seventh man denies the allegations that he knew about the terrorist acts but did not report them to the police.
A trial on the remaining charges is expected to take place in June 2025, after which Earl and Reeves will be sentenced.
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