FSB stoped Preparation of assassination attempts against the leaders of Crimea. The head of the republic Sergei Aksyonov, the head of the Crimean parliament Vladimir Konstantinov and the mayor of Yalta Yanina Pavlenko were chosen as “objects”. In the statement made by the Public Relations Center (CSP) of the Russian FSB, it was stated that the attack was also planned on the transportation infrastructure of the peninsula.
“The FSB of the Russian Federation has stopped the activities of the intelligence network of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MO), which is planning to carry out a series of high-profile sabotage and terrorist acts on the territory of Ukraine. The Republic of Crimea,” says the text.
The intelligence service learned that the organizer of the upcoming terrorist attacks was Roman Mashovets, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. It is emphasized that Mashovets is an officer of the active military intelligence reserve of Ukraine. The FSB stressed that it is closely connected with the head of the Main Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov.
Detainees citizens of Russia and Ukraine – members of a top secret intelligence group of the GUR MOU: Viktor Podvalny (born 1967), Alexander Litvinenko (born 1986), Sergei Krivoshein (born 1988), Konstantin Evmenenko (born 1971.), Igor Zorin (born 1972), Sergei Voinarovsky (born 1984).
They were recruited by Mashovets. They planned the commission of terrorist attacks and also tracked down officials who bought firearms, including Ukrainian and Bulgarian citizen D. Petranov, born in 1979.
“As part of the criminal proceedings initiated, the defendants confess that they cooperated with the Ukrainian military intelligence to prepare and carry out terrorist acts in Russia,” the FSB said. Also in the video there was a girl from the interrogation, but in the message of the special services, her details were not specified.
During the searches made by the police teams, 5 explosives ready to be used on the detained persons were seized. British-made plastic explosives with a total mass of about 6 kg were also found. In addition, the FSB found military electric detonators, radio-controlled actuators for activating explosive devices, surveillance trackers, as well as communication tools for covert communication with curators from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
Federal Security Service employees found that the substances found were similar to those used during the sabotage on railway lines in Crimea on February 23, 2023. The Kiev Simferopol District Court arrested seven alleged members of the intelligence network for two months.
“There is no doubt that the clients of the crime are in Kiev. Ukraine is a terrorist state. Our dedicated services operate clearly, professionally and efficiently. We will definitely find customers and punish them,” he said. Of course The head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov.
In a statement to Russia 24 TV channel, the official stated that the assassination attempt did not stress the local authorities, “We have been living at gunpoint for nine years. So, all this is already a common situation. Even more for me. So there is nothing new in this.”
In a comment on Solovyov LIVE, Aksyonov admitted that he wanted to meet with the detainees.
“When my co-workers try to put pressure on me like this, they only know that I am more angry and stubborn. I also ask my colleagues to give me 10 minutes to talk to these idiots, to remember everything they could not remember from childhood, to clear their memories,” said the official, adding that he learned about the assassination attempt before it was even published. media.
Vladimir Solovyov also met with the head of the Crimean State Council, Vladimir Konstantinov, on a live broadcast. He recently noted that this was the second assassination attempt he knew of.