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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) intelligence uncovered and prevented a plan to commit a terrorist act in the center of Rivne. Law enforcement officers detained a Russian agent who, according to the investigation, planned to carry out an explosion near one of the city’s government buildings. This was reported by the SBU.
As the investigation found, the subject planted a homemade bomb in a rubbish bin near the administrative building and, via a messaging app, reported this to a supervisor in the Russian Federation. Subsequently, the Russians planned to remotely trigger the explosive at rush hour to maximize civilian casualties. In this way, the enemy hoped to destabilize the socio-political situation in the border region of Ukraine, the statement says.
The SBU detained the recruited agent at the moment he was trying to leave the site where he planned to carry out the explosion. Law enforcement officers discovered the explosive device and neutralized it.
According to the investigation, the assignment from representatives of the Russian side was received by a local courier for one of the delivery services. Russian security services contacted him through Telegram resources, where they posted offers of quick earnings. After establishing contact with the supervisor, the man began collecting information to prepare the sabotage.
Using the courier’s work as cover, he moved around the city on a moped and photographed the territory around state institutions with his phone. The collected materials he transmitted to the Russian supervisor, who later sent coordinates of a cache with a remotely detonated improvised explosive device.
During the investigative actions, law enforcement officers found a phone in the detainee containing photos of facilities and correspondence with a representative of the Russian security services.
SBU investigators charged the man under part 2 of article 15 and part 2 of article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — an attempted murder of a terrorist act. The suspect remains in custody without the possibility of bail. If proven guilty, he could face up to 12 years of imprisonment with property confiscation.
At the same time, authorities are considering additional legal qualification of the suspect’s actions under the article on treason.
16 September, the SBU prevented another attempt by Russian special services to organize an explosion in Odesa region. Law enforcement officers detained a Russian agent who manufactured an explosive device with a power of 10 kilograms in TNT equivalent.
15 September, the SBU reported that the former deputy head of the State Emergency Service and the head of a political party were preparing a series of terrorist acts; they were exposed.
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