The counterintelligence unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained two Russian agents who attempted to carry out an act of sabotage at an energy facility in Chernivtsi.
According to Ukrinform, the SBU press center said this in a statement.
The investigation established that the suspects are citizens of a Middle Eastern country who came to the attention of Russian intelligence operatives through social media, where they were looking for "easy" ways to make money.
In exchange for a promised financial reward, the foreigners agreed to set fire to an electrical substation supplying part of Chernivtsi's critical and social infrastructure.
"To carry out the enemy's assignment, the suspects arrived in the regional capital in early August and conducted reconnaissance around the energy facility to identify places where they could secretly enter the premises. They subsequently doused the transformers and the surrounding area with gasoline, set them on fire and fled," the Ukrainian security service said.
