Terrorist attack in Mykolaiv: four underage enemy agents who blew up woman near cafe detained - SSU. PHOTOS
Overnight, the Security Service and the National Police detained Russian intelligence agents who were preparing a terrorist attack in Mykolaiv on 14 February this year on Russia's orders. The SSU has collected relevant evidence against the suspects and fully documented their connection with the enemy.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the SSU press center.
As noted, then the racists used a resident of the Poltava region to blow her up with explosives near a cafe in the center of Mykolaiv.
As a reminder, as a result of the incident, a woman and three soldiers died on the spot, and seven other people were injured of varying severity.
What do we know about the attackers?
The SBU CI detained the accomplices in hot pursuit. They were four underage residents of the Poltava district aged 14 to 17 years old, recruited by the occupiers through Telegram channels in search of "easy money".
Following the instructions of Russian special services, the young men made an improvised explosive device (IED) on their own, hid it in a backpack, and handed it over to a 42-year-old resident of a neighboring village.
In exchange for the promise of "quick money" from the Russian Federation, the woman came to Mykolaiv to allegedly hand over a "bag of money" to a local resident.
"Unaware that she was holding a disguised explosive, she approached the car park near a café where a group of Ukrainian soldiers were standing. As soon as the woman approached them, Russian special services remotely activated the IED via a call to her mobile phone," the statement said.
According to the available information, the enemy had prepared in advance the elimination of its agent as an "unnecessary" witness to the terrorist attack.
Meanwhile, after preparing and transferring the explosives, the juvenile defendants "laid low" in their homes, where they waited for money from the occupiers.
Ukrainian law enforcement officers detained them there. During the searches, mobile phones with evidence of contacts with the FSB, as well as components for making IEDs, were seized from them.
Suspicions of the attackers
Currently, 4 defendants have been served a notice of suspicion under Part 2 Article 28, Part 3 Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (terrorist act committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons, which resulted in the death of people).
The offenders are in custody. Despite their young age, they face life imprisonment.
The operation was carried out by the SSU in the Mykolaiv and Poltava regions jointly with the National Police under the procedural supervision of the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Earlier, Censor.NET reported that on 14 February 2025, at around 14:00, an explosion occurred in one of Mykolaiv's catering establishments. The incident resulted in deaths and injuries. Later, it became known that three servicemen of the Mine Action Centre were killed in the attack.
