The military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has prevented another terrorist attack in Kharkiv. Law enforcers detained two russian agents who were preparing a bombing in the city center. This is said in a statement by the SSU.
According to the case file, the attackers made a homemade bomb to be planted in the central part of Kharkiv and detonated remotely during the largest crowd of people.
"In the event of a bloody terrorist attack, the ruscists hoped to provoke panic in Kharkiv in order to undermine the socio-political situation in the frontline city," the special service revealed.
It is noted that the SSU officers exposed the hostile intentions in advance and detained the agents in the regional center at the stage of equipping the bomb in a rented apartment.
The results of the search. Photo: Security Service
The investigation showed that the terrorist attack was prepared by a local married couple of drug addicts who came to the attention of russians when they were looking for "money for a dose" on Telegram channels.
After recruitment, the attackers received instructions from a russian handler on how to make an improvised explosive device (IED) from improvised means.
At the next stage, the agents found the object of the planned terrorist attack and "coordinated" it with the russians The offenders are in custody. They face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the Security Service's counterintelligence detained another FSB agent in the Donetsk Region. The offender was adjusting the air attacks of the russian aggressor country's military on Kramatorsk.
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