The Security Service and the National Police detained a group of criminals who were preparing to set fire to the vehicles of the military of the TCC in the frontline city of Dnipro on the order of Russian special services.
To carry out subversive activities, the defendants planned to use improvised incendiary devices in the form of so-called Molotov cocktails. In order to identify potential targets, the group members drove around the city, where they tried to identify parking lots where military personnel leave their vehicles.
According to the investigation, the perpetrators, who were recruited by the occupiers, managed to set fire to one of the cars. The investigation revealed that the attackers were four local residents, two of whom were 17 years old.
Thanks to the prompt response of the SBU and the National Police, further enemy plans were thwarted.
The investigation revealed that the attackers were four local residents, two of whom were 17 years old.
They came to the attention of the aggressor in the early summer of this year because of their activity in one of the Telegram channels, where they were looking for easy money.
To disguise the transactions, the money was supposed to be transferred to a bank card issued to a fictitious person.
In addition, another hostile task was to spread inscriptions on city buildings discrediting TCC employees.
In this way, the occupiers tried to create a “media picture” for the Russian media about the presence of an anti-Ukrainian underground in the Dnipro region.
During the searches, the detainees’ cell phones, components of a homemade incendiary mixture and a bank card with Russian money on it were seized.
The detainees have been served a notice of suspicion under Part 2 Article 194 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional destruction or damage to property).
The offenders are in custody. The issue of additional qualification of their criminal actions is being settled.