In the capital, an agent of the Russian Federation was detained, which, according to the investigation, was supposed to arrange a large -scale terrorist attack in the center of Kyiv. The attacker prepared explosives to undermine the building of one of the structural units of the SBU.

This was reported in the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine. The suspect faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.

" Based on the results of a special operation in the capital, a Russian agent was detained, who was preparing explosives by the building of one of the structural units of the SBU, ”the press service said.

The Security Service noted that the place where the explosion was supposed to occur according to the enemy plan is not used by special services employees. During a full -scale invasion, they were relocated to spare points. However, the SBU emphasized that a potential attack could lead to big victims among civil passers -by in the central part of the city.

At the scene of the detainee, a bag was found, in which there was a homemade explosive device with a capacity of 7 kg in TNT equivalent. Such a charge is enough to seriously damage the building and inflict a deadly defeat for people around the epicenter of an explosion.

To prepare a terrorist act in the capital, the enemy remotely recruited a 22-year-old drug addict from Lviv, who was looking for quick earnings in telegram-channels. At the direction of the invaders, the girl arrived in Kyiv, where her Russian curator rented an apartment for her in advance in the city center. After settlement in temporary housing, she took away from the courier delivery to Minimar CCTV and installed it on the balcony.

" The SBU employees worked as ahead of the attacker and detained the attacker " During the search, the detainee was additionally removed by a mobile phone that she used to communicate with the Russian special service, ”the press service added.

The detainee was reported to suspicion of the facts of state treason committed in martial law, preparation for the terrorist attack and illegal treatment of explosives. The attacker is in custody. Unsable complex measures are continuing to hold all persons involved in the planning and preparation of the attack.