MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a 48-year-old Russian national who was recruited by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) to carry out a terrorist attack on a senior Defense Ministry official, the agency said in a statement.
"A Russian national born in 1978 was detained in Krasnodar for plotting a terrorist attack in the Moscow Region, targeting a senior Russian Defense Ministry official on orders from the Ukrainian Security Service," the statement reads.
According to the FSB, Ukrainian intelligence agencies planned to carry out an act of sabotage and terrorism near the apartment building where the service member lives, "using a drone carrying an explosive device with shrapnel as he entered the building."
"As instructed by his handler, the suspect rented an apartment in Moscow, where he installed two cameras to conduct remote video surveillance of the target’s residence. He also purchased means of disguise, including a fake moustache, beard, and glasses, which he intended to use during the attack," the FSB said.
FSB officers seized an improvised explosive device filled with 600 grams of explosives, a phone containing the suspect's correspondence with his handler, which confirmed their plans to kill the service member, as well as cameras and means of disguise.
