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The Russian security services are not giving up attempts to carry out in Ukraine a campaign of “diversionary noise.” These are operations personally sanctioned by Putin to organize diversions across the entire territory of our country. The detention by the Security Service of Ukraine of two repeat offenders who were planning a series of terrorist acts in central Kyiv using grenades, explosives, and even an anti-tank launcher is yet another confirmation.
The enemy’s task is not merely to set off an explosion. Its aim is to turn Ukrainian cities into platforms for terror: sowing fear, mistrust, and a sense of danger even hundreds of kilometers from the front. Lacking military results on the battlefield, the Russian leadership is trying to sell the population some sort of “achievements of the special military operation.”
But this time too, the SBU thwarted the Russian scenario even before it moved into the implementation phase. The perpetrators were caught at the preparation stage. They were patrolling the city, surveying potential targets, studying security, video surveillance cameras, and escape routes. It is particularly telling whom the Russian security services enlist for such tasks. In this case — two former prisoners, one of whom had previously been convicted of murder. For the foe, this is essentially a disposable resource.
In total since 2022 year, the SBU has exposed 150 spy networks, which included 648 individuals. In reality, the figure is enormous, because each uncovered network and each detained traitor is a potential unrealized terrorist act and lives saved. The public often learns about a successfully prevented explosion only through a brief SBU report. No casualties, no frightening footage on the news. And thus no resonance that would accompany a tragedy. Although its absence is precisely the main result of the security services’ work.
The consequences of large-scale terrorist attacks can be very significant. They can influence decision-making, the course of history, and long-term changes in societal attitudes. It would be naive to think that Russian security services are not considering using such an effect against Ukraine. Especially given that Russia already systematically uses terror against civilians through missile and drone strikes.
Therefore, none of us should relax. On the contrary, this is an argument in favor of how important constant counterintelligence work is. Today the SBU, led by Oleksandr Poklad, pays particular attention to uncovering agent networks and countering the special operations of Russian security services.
Russia wants Ukrainians to fear not only the reactive “Geran” missiles or ballistic weapons, but also simply going out onto the street. To live with a sense of constant threat. Now the war is being waged not only for territory. It is also a struggle for the resilience of Ukrainian society. And on this front, every warned-about diversion is not a small victory but a completely real one.
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