SBU: FSB saboteurs tried to blow up railroad in Poltava region
Kyiv • UNN
Two FSB saboteurs were detained red-handed while attempting to blow up a railroad line in Poltava region by planting an improvised explosive device near the tracks and power supply system.
Law enforcement officers detained red-handed two FSB saboteurs who tried to blow up a railroad line in Poltava region. UNN reports this with reference to the SBU press service.
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In Poltava region, saboteurs reportedly tried to blow up a section of the railroad line connecting central and eastern Ukraine.
They planted an improvised explosive device near the track and the power supply system of the rolling stock to sabotage it.
The offenders planned to detonate the explosives using a remote control, the SBU said.
They were detained right at the scene.
In the event of a bombing, the occupiers hoped to disrupt the logistics of weapons, ammunition and fuel for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Mobile phones were seized from the detainees, which they used to coordinate criminal actions with their Russian handler, a career officer of the 5th FSB service. He has already been identified, the agency added.
As noted, it was he who set the agents the task of committing a sabotage on the railroad during the period of massive air attacks by the Rashists on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine on March 21-22 this year.
According to the investigation, the enemy accomplices were residents of Kyiv and Kharkiv regions.
SBU investigators have served both detainees a notice of suspicion under Part 2 Art. 28, Part 2 Art. 113 (sabotage committed under martial law by prior conspiracy) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The perpetrators are in custody. They face life imprisonment.
