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Ukraine Thwarts FSB-Linked Terror Plot in Kyiv

11/13/2025

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Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) says it thwarted terrorist attacks in Kyiv allegedly orchestrated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
The suspect is a Crimean resident recruited by FSB after Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
He planned contract killings of Ukrainian media figures and bombings at shopping centers and metro stations.
The SBU charged him with high treason, terrorism, and illegal weapon handling.
The individual remains at large in occupied territory.

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Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) says it thwarted terrorist attacks in Kyiv allegedly orchestrated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
The suspect is a Crimean resident recruited by FSB after Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
He planned contract killings of Ukrainian media figures and bombings at shopping centers and metro stations.
The SBU charged him with high treason, terrorism, and illegal weapon handling.
The individual remains at large in occupied territory.