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The Security Service of Ukraine thwarted a series of high-profile terrorist acts, arsons, and an organized assault that were being planned in Ukraine.
As a result of a multi-stage operation, the former head of the State Emergency Service (SES) and his accomplices were charged with planning 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 the investigation, organized and financed terrorist acts and arsons in western and northern Ukraine. According to sources at Anti-Corruption, this refers to Oleg Averianov.
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 operator would fall onto a nearby multi-story building and civilian cars, potentially causing numerous casualties among local residents.
To carry out the crime, the defendants sought executors using personal connections in the criminal milieu.
Primarily, this was handled by another leader of the gang, who acted under the guise of the head of a regional cell of a well-known public organization.
Meanwhile, the perpetrators did not realize that at this stage every one of their moves was being documented by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine.
As a result of preemptive actions, an operational combination was conducted, through which controlled individuals were integrated into the criminal group and an explosion was simulated.
In this way, SBU officers prevented another terrorist act — the detonation of a CCC near Prykarpattia. According to instructions from the organizers, the “performers” fabricated a homemade bomb based on plastique and detonators to throw it into the window of an administrative building.
With the support of the leadership of the Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Service of Ivano-Frankivsk region, SBU officers managed to simulate an explosion on the territory of the administrative building.
After that, the former SES head, according to the investigation, ordered the blasting of private homes belonging to the head and two other judges of the Chernihiv Appeal Court, who in 2024 year convicted him of car theft to 7 years of imprisonment.
The ex-top official also ordered an attack on a local activist. It turned out to be a blogger from Chernihiv region, whom the defendant tasked with shooting limbs with a firearm and flooding them with sulfuric acid.
As part of the counteraction to committing the crime, the attempted attack, like the arsons, was prevented, and organizers were notified of suspicion under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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