Russia's FSB detains Donetsk citizen preparing SBU-backed terror attack

MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) officers have detained a citizen of Donetsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), who, under the instructions of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), was preparing a terrorist attack near a polling station, where people were expected to gather on voting day, the FSB Public Relations Center reported.

A Donetsk citizen established contact with SBU officers and voluntarily agreed to assist them in their terrorist activities, the FSB Public Relations Center said.

Under the instructions of Ukrainian handlers, he retrieved 20 kilograms of explosives intended for a terrorist attack from a prearranged cache.

Moreover, SBU officers used a drone to deliver an improvised explosive device, containing two kilograms of plastic explosives, electronic fuses, and a remote firing device board, to the suspect.

The man put explosives and other components received from Ukrainian security officers in his personal vehicle that he was supposed to leave near a regional polling station and blow up when people were expected to gather during the election.

The suspect could not carry out his plan, as FSB officers detained him.

The perpetrator confessed to his crime.

According to video footage published by the FSB, the man said that he had agreed to work for Kiev for a large sum of money.

He specified that he was to receive $10,000.

According to the suspect, it did not bother his handler that children and women could die in an explosion; on the contrary, the SBU expected a large number of casualties among civilians.

The man said that he contacted an SBU officer via his acquaintance in Ukraine.

The perpetrator noted that at first, the SBU officer asked him to photograph several facilities for money and then to carry out an explosion.

Authorities are deciding whether to open a criminal case.