A terrorist attack planned by russian special services has been foiled in Kyiv region: explosives were found under the car of the head of a defence industry enterprise.
This was reported by the Main Department of the National Police in Kyiv region.
The operation was carried out by the regional police and the Bucha district police together with the SBU and its counterintelligence department.
Procedural supervision was provided by the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Bomb disposal officers found and defused a device containing about a kilogram of hexogen — the equivalent of two kilograms of TNT.
The explosives had been attached under the driver's seat of the official's car.
Investigators established that in February this year the fsb recruited a 63-year-old man. They reached him through his son, who had left temporarily occupied territory and now lives in russia.
The suspect himself had moved to Kyiv region from Luhansk region.
Following his russian handlers' instructions, he bought mobile phones and a power bank. A month before the planned attack he collected the remaining components of the device from a prepared cache.
Near the car he left a disguised mobile phone connected to a power bank — to detonate the device remotely.
After planting the explosives he took a bus to Poland, from where he planned to flee to russia via belarus.
He was detained there while trying to cross the border. Investigators have requested his extradition from the Polish authorities.
He has been served in absentia with a notice of suspicion of an attempted act of terrorism under part 2 of article 15 and part 1 of article 258 of the Criminal Code.
As a reminder, forged papers surfaced in Bucha for a house whose owner has been abroad since 2022.
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