Russian agents planned terrorist attacks targeting military vehicle and enlistment office in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – photos
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Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:52:55 +0300
Ukraines Security Service SSU has detained two Russian agents who were planning two terrorist attacks in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, including the blowing up a Ukrainian military pickup truck and an explosion near a military enlistment office in the Nikopol district.
Source SSU Quote According to the case materials, the first target for the perpetrators was a pickup truck belonging to a mobile fire group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The terrorists were instructed to place an improvised explosive device IED under the vehicle and detonate it via a phone call to a device attached to the bomb.
Details Law enforcement stated that if the first attack succeeded, the recruited agents planned a second attack near the main entrance to a military enlistment office in the Nikopol district.
The second detained agent Photo SSU Both agents were detained while assembling the IED and conducting surveillance near the Armed Forces vehicle.
Three kilogrammes of explosive material with a detonator were found in their possession, concealed in a canister filled with metal nuts.
The investigators reported that the perpetrators were two local residents, one of whom has a criminal background. The improvised explosive device Photo SSU Both were recruited by Russian intelligence after seeking easy money through Telegram channels.
The suspects are now in custody and have been charged with preparing to commit a terrorist act.
They face up to 12 years in prison.
Background On 21 March, police in the city of Ternopil detained a 14yearold schoolgirl recruited by Russian forces, who was blackmailed into planning a terrorist attack near a district police station.
On 26 March, the SSU foiled a double explosion plot near a military enlistment office in Ternopil, planned by a couple from Poltava Oblast recruited by Russian intelligence.
On 27 March, the SSU detained another Russian agent intended to carry out a suicide bombing near a military enlistment office in the city of Kherson, with the device set to be detonated remotely by Russian handlers.
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