“The investigation found that the agent was recruited through pro-Russian telegrams, where he was offered “light money””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The hostile agent planned to blow up the Ukrainian military,” the SBU noted.
According to the intelligence service, the 31-year-old resident of the region was supposed to lay explosives with fragmentary elements in a residential area near the playground.
The SBU noted that the man was detained “on hot” – immediately after he laid a homemade explosive device at the site of a future attempt.
The investigation found that the agent was recruited through pro-Russian telegrams, where he was offered “light money”. At first he set fire to a military car, after which he received instructions for a terrorist attack, they say in the press service.
“The purpose of the attack was a Ukrainian officer. The explosive was planned to activate remotely through a mobile phone, ”the SBU said.
Earlier, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine warned on June 2 that the Russian special services intensified attempts to recruit citizens of Ukraine in order to involve them in illegal activities in the territory of the European Union.