SBU exposes enemy agent planning wave of terror attacks in Kyiv metro and major shopping centers
The State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has prevented new attempts by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia to commit a series of terrorist attacks in Kyiv, including contract killings of prominent Ukrainians, bombings in shopping and entertainment centers and at one of the metro stations in Kyiv; the agent was exposed, but is currently in the temporarily occupied territory, the press service of the agency reported.
"Thanks to preemptive actions, the SBU thwarted the enemy’s plans and identified the organizer of the contract crimes. He turned out to be a resident of the temporarily occupied Crimea, who after the seizure of the peninsula began working for the Russian special services," the SBU press service said on Telegram channel on Wednesday.
As the investigation established, the suspect was looking for "like-minded people" for their further recruitment into the intelligence apparatus of the Russian FSB. Among them were his local acquaintances who had Ukrainian citizenship and were not subject to mobilization in Ukraine due to their age.
It is reported that the SBU documented an attempt to "route" to Kyiv a person recruited in Crimea who crossed the Ukrainian border through third countries. After arriving in Kyiv, the agent received the coordinates of a cache from which he was to take a Makarov pistol with a loaded magazine. According to the SBU press service, the FSB instructed the agent to use this weapon to carry out a contract killing of a media person in Kyiv, but did not name this person. He also received an assignment from the occupiers to prepare terrorist attacks in several shopping malls and metro stations in the capital. For this, 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 people would be most concentrated at the locations. "Thus, the enemy planned to spread panic among the residents of the capital in order to destabilize the socio-political situation in Kyiv," the SBU said.
The Security Service exposed the agent in advance and documented all his contacts with the FSB, which took place through a resident from Crimea. The SBU has notified the resident in absentia of suspicion under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: ▪️ Part 2 of Article 111 (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 defendant is in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, comprehensive measures are underway to bring him to justice. The issue of the qualification of the crimes of the agent-executor is being resolved. An investigation is underway into all participants in the FSB agent network.
The comprehensive measures were carried out jointly with SBU investigators in Kyiv and Kyiv region under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.
