A minor was detained in the Khmelnytskyi region, who was preparing a bomb attack on the railway.
Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine prevented an attempted sabotage at a railway infrastructure facility in Khmelnytskyi region. Law enforcement officers detained a minor who was involved by Russian special services in preparing a bomb at the Ukrzaliznytsia station.
This was reported by the press center of the SBU.
According to the investigation, the boy is 16 years old. He was recruited by FSB representatives after he looked for part-time work in Telegram channels. At that time, the teenager had already been expelled from a vocational school, and according to law enforcement officers, this was what the Russian supervisors took advantage of.
The first task was to gather information. The young man visited railway stations in the region and tried to understand where the train traffic was most intense. Later, he installed a hidden video camera opposite one of the stations. FSB representatives had access to the broadcast.
In this way, the Russian side hoped to track the schedule of trains, in particular those heading towards front-line territories.
The next step was to prepare the explosives. The teenager separately purchased components for a homemade explosive device. According to the curators’ plan, the explosives were to be planted near a Ukrzaliznytsia facility and detonated remotely.
The plan never came to fruition. The SBU counterintelligence uncovered the preparation of the sabotage in advance. During the searches, the components for an explosive device and a phone with correspondence with FSB representatives were seized from the guy.
The teenager was charged with high treason under martial law. He is currently in custody. The court will decide on further preventive measures.
Operational measures were carried out by SBU officers in the Khmelnytskyi region with the participation of the specialized defense prosecutor’s office of the Western region.
As previously reported, the Security Service of Ukraine detained an FSB agent who was preparing a missile strike on the Kropyvnytskyi thermal power plant. The suspect turned out to be a 16-year-old resident of Kropyvnytskyi.