Kiev-orchestrated bomb plot thwarted in Moscow Region
Two Russian citizens who were collecting an improvised explosive from a cache outside Moscow, have been killed after opening fire on law enforcement, the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified by the agency as 'accomplices of Ukrainian special services,' who allegedly planned to use the device in a terrorist attack targeting a Russian military service member.
According to the FSB, video footage appearing to show surveillance scenes along with the alleged IED proves that the bomb was ready for activation when it was seized.
Plot details were subsequently discovered on suspects' phones and investigators are reportedly treating the case as a felony involving unlawful possession of explosives.
The FSB frequently reports having disrupted terrorist operations allegedly coordinated by Ukrainian intelligence services, though suspects are typically apprehended alive. Exceptions have occurred, particularly when Kiev is believed to rely on radicalized individuals with links to international terrorist organizations.
One such case was reported in April 2024, when two Central Asian Islamists allegedly planned to use first-person-view drones armed with explosive devices to target an oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The FSB claimed the suspects were directed to retrieve the equipment from a cache and were given operational instructions by a 'Ukrainian handler.'
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