“The organizers of the gang were preparing a series of armed attacks on infrastructure,” the Ukrainian security service (SBU) said in a statement, noting that the group “was coordinated” by the “Russian special services”.
The two organizers of the group, one of them Russian, were arrested, said the SBU, whose agents seized “an explosive device, light weapons and ammunition”.
The detainees acted in Kharkiv, a city located near the border with Russia, in the east of the country, and in Zhitomir, in the center of Ukraine, less than 150 km from the capital, Kiev.
The two individuals were former combatants, a source from the security forces told AFP.
Under the pretext of looking for security guards, “they began to recruit” personnel, “mainly” Russians who had committed violent crimes, according to this source.
Ukraine and Western countries accuse Russia of having concentrated tens of thousands of troops on the border with the possible goal of invading Ukraine and destabilizing the internal situation in the former Soviet republic.
Moscow denies that it has warlike intentions and justifies its decision by advancing the OTAN towards Eastern Europe.
Talks between Russia and the United States began last week without leading, for the time being, to a possible solution to the conflict.
Source From: Ambito
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