Preparing terrorist attacks near defense departments in the center of Kyiv: a sound engineer with Russian citizenship has been detained The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian citizen who, under the guise of a sound engineer, was preparing terrorist attacks in Kyiv. According to the investigation, the attacker was collecting information about the security of critical infrastructure facilities and defense departments in the central part of the capital. To gather intelligence, he pretended to be a sound engineer and installed listening devices near the facilities he was interested in. The SBU found components for making explosives, as well as grenades, mines, and firearms, at the suspect's place of residence. The detainee has been informed of suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 14, Part 2 of Art. 258 (preparation for a terrorist act) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. He faces up to 12 years in prison.
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The SSU detained a Russian who worked as a sound engineer at a radio station in Kyiv and spied for the FSB, preparing terrorist attacks. He photographed military equipment and transmitted data to the handler.
In Kyiv, a citizen of the Russian Federation who had lived in the capital for a long time and worked as a sound engineer at a well-known Ukrainian radio station was simultaneously performing reconnaissance tasks for the Russian special service and preparing terrorist attacks. This is reported by the SBU, writes UNN.
Cyber experts of the Security Service detained another undercover FSB agent in Kyiv. He turned out to be a 47-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation who worked as a sound engineer at a well-known radio station in Ukraine and simultaneously performed tasks for the Russian special service
According to the case files, the FSB agent was spying on parking places near the administrative buildings of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. During work breaks, he walked around the central streets of Kyiv and secretly photographed cars that he considered military vehicles. For conspiracy, he pretended to be talking on the phone, holding it near his ear while filming.
The Russian passed the collected information to the curator from the FSB via messenger. According to the plan of the Russian special service, on the basis of this data, it was planned to install explosives on target objects with subsequent detonation.
SBU cyber experts exposed the enemy's intentions in advance and detained the spy while he was conducting additional reconnaissance near one of the defense departments of Ukraine. At the scene, the person involved had a mobile phone seized, which he used to contact the FSB and disguised photo fixation of objects
It is also reported that the detainee has been living in the capital of Ukraine for more than 10 years, where he worked in various media groups, including those close to the banned pro-Kremlin parties.
At the end of 2024, an FSB employee, whose identity has been established by the Security Service, contacted him remotely, recruited him and began giving him tasks.
The detainee was informed of suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - unauthorized dissemination of information about the movement or location of the Armed Forces in martial law.
"The perpetrator is in custody. He faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property. In addition, the issue of additional qualification of the perpetrator's criminal actions is being resolved," the SBU reports.