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SSU and National Police detain five enemy agents who carried out arsons and sabotage in Ukraine on russia's orders

Security Service of Ukraine

13:00, 4 September 2025

The SSU Counterintelligence and the National Police have detained five accomplices of the aggressor state. They committed sabotage and prepared terrorist attacks in several regions of Ukraine.

The perpetrators burned down energy facilities on Ukrainian railways and Defence Forces vehicles and attempted to plant explosives under a military off-road vehicle.

The arsonists were recruited by the enemy while looking for 'easy money' on Telegram channels.

In Lviv, two enemy agents were caught red-handed planting an improvised explosive device under the car of a Ukrainian soldier, which the russians planned to detonate remotely.

According to the investigation, the terrorist attack was prepared by a 17-year-old young man from Dnipropetrovsk and his 16-year-old girlfriend from Cherkasy region, recruited by the ruscists.

Following the instructions of the occupiers, the underage agents arrived in Lviv and picked up a backpack with an IED equipped with 4.5 kg of explosives and nuts from a cache.

They then tracked the victim's car, left the bomb under it, and installed a remote-access camera opposite the car for the russian special services.

In Kyiv, a 23-year-old local resident was detained for setting fire to a relay cabinet of a signalling device on the railway.

Also in the capital, a 29-year-old resident was detained for setting fire to a service vehicle belonging to one of the AFU brigades and a military truck.

In Volyn, a 14-year-old schoolboy from Kovel was detained for setting fire to a Ukrainian defence vehicle at the end of August.

Based on the evidence, the perpetrators were notified of suspicion under several Articles of the CCU:

• 15.2, 258.2 (completed attempt to commit a terrorist act, upon prior conspiracy, by a group);
• 113.2 (sabotage, committed under martial law);
• 114-1.1 (obstruction of the lawful activities of the AFU);
• 194.2 (intentional damage to property by arson).

The suspects face various terms of imprisonment, including life imprisonment with confiscation of property.

The operations were carried out by the SSU regional offices in cooperation with the National Police under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor's Offices.