Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) released a video on Tuesday purporting to show a "detained Ukrainian spy" The 25-year-old had "transmitted information about Russian military facilities and equipment of the eastern group of troops," it said. According to reports, at the time of her arrest five months ago, she was only on her way to her sick father.

The accusation of "espionage" is "nonsensical, since Umerova has been effectively imprisoned," writes the human rights organization "Human Rights in Ukraine"