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Agents of russian GRU, who prepared terrorist attacks in Kyiv and Lviv, will appear before court

Agents of russian GRU, who prepared terrorist attacks in Kyiv and Lviv, will appear before court

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) completed a pre-trial investigation into four members of the russian GRU intelligence-combat group, which was neutralized by the SSU in the spring of 2024. Several perpetrators face life imprisonment with confiscation of property.

This is stated in the notification of the SSU.

So, on the eve of May 9, attackers prepared a series of large-scale explosions in construction hypermarkets and near cafe in Kyiv.

According to the case materials, the agents received such a task from their russian supervisor, Yuriy Sizov, a staff member of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the aggressor country of the russian federation (GRU).

On his instructions, the agents arrived in Kyiv, where they installed explosive devices in three construction hypermarkets.

Homemade explosives were disguised in tea packages and were to detonate in hypermarkets to cause maximum damage to the civilian population.

Photo: SSU

Photo: SSU

At the same time, attackers were preparing another explosion near a popular cafe in the capital. For this, they planned to mine the car parked nearby.

Counterintelligence and the SSU investigators worked to anticipate and prevent a series of terrorist attacks. As a result of a multi-stage special operation, the subversive activities of the entire GRU intelligence and combat group together with its russian curator were documented step by step.

The Security Service caught enemy agents red-handed, when they were setting up explosive devices in a Kyiv hypermarket.

Subsequently, the SSU detained two more members of the enemy group. They turned out to be smugglers, who were transporting explosives from russia for perpetrators of terrorist attacks.

The law enforcement officers established that, on the order of the russian GRU, the explosives suppliers were supposed to ensure the "evacuation" of one of the bombers to the territory of the russian federation. It was planned to bring him to the border with russia and provide detailed instruction on crossing it.

In addition, as evidenced by the proceedings, Yuriy Sizov, an employee of the GRU of the russian federation, was also responsible for the sabotage, which was to take place in the Lviv Region in February 2024. Then the SSU prevented explosions at one of the defense enterprises.

Based on the evidence collected by the SSU investigators, the accused will be tried in accordance with the crimes committed by them under the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

• Part 2 of Article 111 (treason);
• Part 3 of Article 113 (sabotage);
• Part 2 of Article 258 (terrorist act);
• Part 1 of Article 263 (illegal handling of explosive substances and explosive devices);
• Part 2 of Article 332 (organization of illegal crossing of the state border).

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, an agent of the russian special services, who was preparing a series of missile strikes on Ukrainian military facilities in the Pokrovsk Axis, was detained in the Donetsk Region. He turned out to be a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.