SSU prevented series of terrorist attacks in Kyiv: contract killings of well-known Ukrainians, explosions in shopping centres and metro were being prepared. PHOTOS
The Security Service prevented new attempts by the FSB to carry out a series of terrorist attacks in Kyiv. According to the case file, the enemy planned contract killings of well-known Ukrainians, explosions in shopping and entertainment centres and at one of the metro stations in the Ukrainian capital.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the SSU press centre.
Who was supposed to organise the terrorist attacks?
Thanks to the SSU's pre-emptive actions, the enemy's plans were thwarted and the organiser of the contract killings was identified. He turned out to be a resident of the temporarily occupied Crimea, who began working for the Russian special services after the peninsula was seized.
As the investigation found, the suspect was looking for "like-minded people" to recruit them to the FSB's agent network.
"Among them were his local acquaintances who had Ukrainian citizenship and, due to their age, were not subject to mobilisation in Ukraine," the SSU explained.
Hostile plans
The Security Service documented an attempt to "route" a resident of the peninsula recruited by the enemy to Kyiv, who crossed the border of our state through third countries.
Upon arrival in the Ukrainian capital, the agent received coordinates from a resident of Crimea for a hiding place from which he was to retrieve a Makarov pistol with a loaded magazine.
A contract killing of a media personality was being prepared
It has been established that the FSB instructed the agent to use this weapon to carry out a contract killing of a media personality in Kyiv.
"He also received orders from the occupiers to prepare terrorist attacks in several shopping centres and a metro station in the capital. To this end, the agent received instructions on how to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs) hidden in backpacks.
Each explosive device was to be equipped with a mobile phone for remote detonation during rush hour, when the locations would be most crowded with people," the statement said.
Spreading panic
In this way, the enemy planned to spread panic among the residents of the capital in order to destabilise the socio-political situation in Kyiv.
The Security Service exposed the agent in advance and documented all his contacts with the FSB, which took place through a resident of Crimea.
Currently, Security Service investigators have notified the resident in absentia of his suspicion under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
- Part 2 of Article 111 (high treason committed under martial law);
- Part 2 of Article 258 (terrorist act);
- Part 1 of Article 263 (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives).
Since the suspect is in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, comprehensive measures are being taken to bring him to justice.
The issue of qualifying the crimes of the agent-perpetrator is being decided. The investigation into all participants in the FSB agent network is ongoing.
