The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the National Police prevented a terrorist attack in Kyiv, which was planned by Russian special services, in particular the GRU. The operation resulted in the detention of two agents who were planning to make an improvised explosive device and detonate it in a crowded place in the capital.
According to SBU counterintelligence, the goal of the attack was to cause maximum civilian casualties in order to spread panic among citizens. One of the agents, a 20-year-old resident of Zaporizzhia, was recruited via Telegram, where she was looking for extra money. She received instructions on how to make an explosive device from improvised means and was supposed to get the detonator from a disguised cache.
Before committing the attack, the girl and her 26-year-old partner received an order from Russian special services to set fire to Ukrainian military equipment in Zaporizhzhia. Both were detained red-handed when they tried to set fire to an infantry fighting vehicle on the southern front.
The tools of the crime and mobile phones with evidence of their activities in favor of Russia were seized from the detainees. The SBU served them suspicion notices under articles related to high treason under martial law. The offenders remain in custody without bail and face life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
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