Russia's FSB Says It Detained Four Ukrainian Agents in Three Regions, Accused of Gathering Intelligence on Defense and Energy Sites
The public relations centre of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on November 12 that it had thwarted sabotage and terrorist activity by Ukrainian agents in the Republic of Adygea, the Donetsk People's Republic and Omsk Region, detaining four people in Maykop, Donetsk and Omsk — three Russian citizens and one foreign national.
According to the Russian statement, the detainees, acting on instructions from Ukrainian handlers, collected information about Russian service members taking part in the special military operation and about facilities of the military-industrial and fuel-and-energy complexes, in preparation for sabotage and terrorist acts, and distributed materials online calling for terrorist crimes. Coordination was carried out through the Telegram messenger, and the handlers allegedly promised large payments and relocation to the European Union.
Russian authorities said investigative units had opened criminal cases against the detainees on charges including preparation of a terrorist act, high treason, preparation of sabotage, illegal storage of explosives and public calls to terrorist activity, and that all four had been remanded in custody. The account above is Russia's unilateral statement; Ukraine had not publicly responded as of publication.
Source: Federal Security Service of Russia
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