Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented an attack on a gas pipeline to Turkiye and Europe by an agent of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) allegedly by the order of Ukrainian special services, Report informs referring to EuroWeekly.
The agent and four accomplices were detained according to the FSB Public Relations Center.
“The Federal Security Service has prevented an attempt by Ukrainian special services to commit a sabotage and terrorist act at an oil and gas facility supplying energy to Turkiye and Europe.
“At the time of seizure of two high-powered homemade cumulative explosive devices from the cache, the executor of the planned act of terrorism – a Russian citizen born in 1978, recruited on the territory of Ukraine by SBU officers, was detained.”
“In addition, four accomplices of the Ukrainian security services, Russian citizens, who provided the preparation of the sabotage, were detained,” the FSB said.
The SBU agent was reportedly found in possession of communication equipment containing correspondence and negotiations with a handler from this service, instructions on how to assemble an explosive device and transfer funds, and there were also coordinates of the site of the bombing.