FSB officers detained four people who, according to the intelligence service, were planning to commit terrorist attacks on railway tracks in Crimea. The detainees admitted that their goal was to stop the train in order to subsequently launch a missile strike on it. The leader of the group, a Russian citizen born in 1970, died when an improvised explosive device detonated, which he was trying to take from a hiding place.

According to the FSB, the terrorist attacks were planned by Ukrainian intelligence services, which recruited five local residents for this purpose.

“The defendants planned to carry out terrorist attacks on railway tracks in different regions of Crimea, which was supposed to paralyze the movement of trains, including military trains,” - says a message from the FSB Public Relations Center (PSC), as cited by Interfax.

During searches at the places of residence of the detainees, four improvised explosive devices with explosives weighing about 1 kg each, an AK-74 assault rifle, a TT pistol, a Degtyarev machine gun, cartridges of various calibers and weapon components, as well as communications equipment confirming contacts with the special services were discovered. Ukraine.