Russian agent detained for plotting terrorist attack in Kyiv

Counterintelligence officers have detained a 22-year-old Russian agent who was preparing to detonate an explosive device near one of the structural units of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), CE Report quotes Ukrinform.

According to the report, the location where the attack was planned is not used by the SSU officers. Due to the full-scale invasion, they relocated to backup operational points.

However, the potential attack could have caused numerous civilian casualties in the central part of the city, the intelligence agency emphasized.

At the scene, counterintelligence officers discovered a bag in the suspect’s possession containing an improvised explosive device with a power equivalent to 7 kg of TNT.

Such an explosive charge is enough to seriously damage a building and cause fatal injuries to people near the explosion's epicenter.