As TASS writes with reference to the FSB, three natives of Ukraine were detained, and four improvised explosive devices with damaging elements were seized from them, disguised as fragments of the tank structure and metal cans from energy drinks, equipped with GSM modules with SIM cards for remote detonation, as well as four electric detonators and three hand grenades.
The special service claims they planned to "carry out a terrorist attack near the monument "Tank T-34", installed in the city of Kakhovka in honor of the liberating soldiers of the Soviet army, during a memorial rally with the participation of the city's leadership and residents".
As noted by the security forces, earlier, on the instructions of their curators, the suspects made an unsuccessful attempt to blow up a car with Russian military personnel, and also planned to assassinate "one of the employees of the administration of the Golopristansky municipal district of the Kherson region". "The suspects confessed to their actions and are actively cooperating with the investigation," the FSB reported.
The detainees stated that they were recruited in the fall of 2024 through a social network banned in Russia to transmit information to the enemy about the deployment of the Russian Armed Forces units in the territory of the Kherson region. In the published video, one of the men repeats the charges. "With the help of caches, my curators handed me improvised explosive devices so that I could carry out terrorist acts against Russian authorities and the civilian population," he said on camera without hesitation.
The investigative department of the FSB in the Kherson region has initiated criminal cases under articles on the illegal sale of explosives and "preparation for a terrorist attack".