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The Security Service of Ukraine has thwarted a series of high-profile planned terrorist acts, arson attacks, and an assault-for-hire that were being organized in Ukraine.
As a result of a multi-stage operation, suspicions have been raised against a former head of the State Emergency Service and his accomplices, who were plotting an attack on the life of a public activist.
The SBU also documented crimes by the head of the Chernihiv regional organization of a well-known political party, who, hiding outside Ukraine, according to investigators, organized and financed terrorist acts and arsons in western and northern Ukraine. According to sources from Anti-Corruption, this refers to Oleg Averal’yov.
It was established that members of the criminal group planned to blow up a construction crane near a residential complex in Chernihiv.
According to the organizers’ plan, after the explosion the crane was to fall onto a nearby multi-story building and civilian cars, which could have caused numerous casualties among local residents.
To carry out the crime, the defendants sought executors using personal connections in criminal circles.
First and foremost, this was handled by another gang leader who acted under the guise of the head of a regional cell of a well-known public organization.
At the same time, the perpetrators did not realize that at this stage every step of theirs was being documented by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine.
As a result of preventive actions, an operational combination was carried out, with which it was possible to integrate controlled individuals into the criminal group and simulate an explosion.
In this way, SBU officers prevented another terrorist act—the explosion of the regional training center in Ivano-Frankivsk region. According to instructions received from the organizers, the “performers” prepared a homemade bomb based on plastique and detonators, to then throw it into the window of the administrative building.
With the assistance of the leadership of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional territorial defense and security (TTK and SP), SBU officers managed to simulate an explosion on the premises of the administrative building.
Thereafter, according to investigators, the former head of the State Emergency Service ordered the detonation of private houses belonging to the head and two other judges of the Chernihiv Court of Appeal, who in 2024 year were sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment for automobile theft.
The former top official also ordered an attack on a local activist. The target turned out to be a blogger from Chernihiv region, to whom the defendant instructed to shoot limbs with a firearm and to douse him with sulfuric acid.
As part of the operation to monitor the crime, the attempted acts, as well as arson attacks, were prevented, and their organizers were notified of suspicions in accordance with the crimes committed under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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