The Albanian Ministry of Defense indicated that “three people with Russian and Ukrainian passports tried to enter the Grames military plant in the center of the country”, stressing that “immediately they were confronted by officers guarding the plant, but during their attempt to stop the three foreign nationals, he was injured. Two of our soldiers,” she said, adding that “the condition of two soldiers is stable and three foreigners have been arrested.”

For his part, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said that “three men are suspected of espionage.”

The Albanian Defense Ministry said that “one of the detainees is a 24-year-old Russian who entered the plant and tried to take pictures,” adding that “the man sprayed some kind of spray on the soldiers while he was trying to escape after he was stopped by security “.

Two more were detained near the plant – a 33-year-old Russian woman and a 25-year-old Ukrainian.

During the communist era, the Albanian factory Gramsh produced the Russian version of the AK-47.

According to the ministry’s website, the plant now provides manufacturing services to the defense sector. Albania has been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 2009.