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| FSB prevents terrorist attack at chemical plant in Nizhny Novgorod region |
| 2025-04-25 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Two foreigners, acting on orders from Kiev, were preparing a terrorist attack at a petrochemical plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region. They were neutralized during an attempt to detain them, the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC) reported The security agency noted that Ukrainian special services recruited two Central Asians who shared the ideology of an international terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation to commit a sabotage and terrorist act. It was assumed that they would use FPV drones with improvised explosive devices seized from a cache for the attack. “During their arrest, they offered armed resistance and were neutralized by return fire,” the statement said. At the scene of the incident, the FSB added, two drones with foreign-made explosives and firearms were seized. The foreigners' phones contained correspondence with the Ukrainian curator, including information about a cache of weapons. A criminal case has been opened on the fact of preparation for sabotage, and the necessary operational-search measures and investigative actions are being carried out. The FSB regularly reports on prevented terrorist attacks. Thus, on April 2, a 49-year-old serviceman was detained who was planning to set off an explosion on the territory of one of the military units in the Moscow region. The man acted on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services. He was detained after receiving an explosive device. At the end of March, it became known that a terrorist attack had been prevented in one of Moscow's administrative buildings. According to the investigation, a man born in 1972 was planning to detonate a homemade explosive device in a crowded place and then go to Ukraine to take part in military operations against Russia. |
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