Moscow, Dec 27
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted multiple assassination plots coordinated by Ukrainian special services against high-ranking Russian military officials, it said in a statement.
Four Russian citizens linked to the assassination plots against the officials and their families were detained, the FSB said.
One of the citizens, recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services, arrived in Moscow in November 2024 to carry out a terrorist act by planting an explosive device disguised as a power bank under the car of a high-ranking defence official, news agency reported.
"It has been established that a Russian citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services to carry out a terrorist act arrived in Moscow from Ukraine in November 2024 under the guise of a deportee in transit through Moldova and Georgia," FSB press office said in a statement.
The FSB said another Ukrainian intelligence agent had been en route to delivering a bomb disguised as a gift to a Defense Ministry official but was apprehended before reaching the intended target.
The claims cannot be independently verified.
Another Moscow resident conducted surveillance on senior defence ministry personnel and their families. Two other Russian citizens were detained for their involvement in a plot to deliver an explosive device disguised as a folder with documents.