Law enforcement officers have detained a female agent of the Russian special services who committed a terrorist attack in Kharkov at the end of January this year.
This was reported by the press service of the SBU and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Female agent who planted explosives near the home of a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been detained
A female Russian agent helped the attackers detonate explosives near the private home of a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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For the sake of secrecy, the accomplice of the Russian special services wore wigs. And after committing the terrorist act, she tried to destroy all the clothes that she was wearing during the preparation of the explosion.
However, SBU officers subsequently detained the perpetrator in her apartment.
The Russian Federation's accomplice turned out to be a local unemployed woman. The 38-year-old woman was recruited remotely by Russians after her anti-Ukrainian comments on Telegram channels.
Then the Russian handler gave the agent instructions: take homemade explosives from a hiding place and plant them in a buried car tire near the house of a Ukrainian soldier.
In addition, the woman installed a disguised phone opposite his yard.
Using remote access to this gadget, the Russian occupiers tracked the victim's movements and remotely activated the explosives.
During the searches, the detainee's phone with an anonymous chat in a messenger, where she communicated with her Russian curator.
The Russian agent was notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (a terrorist act that resulted in grave consequences).
The Russian accomplice is currently in custody without the right to post bail. She faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
