A 36-year-old man with Russian and Ukrainian citizenship was detained in the Moscow region in connection with a case of preparing to murder a military officer, the FSB Public Relations Center reported.
A case was initiated against the "Ukrainian special services agent" with the call sign "Voron," as the security forces called him, for treason, illegal acquisition of explosives, and manufacturing explosive devices. The court sent him to a pre-trial detention center.
In a video published by the FSB, the detainee stated that in 2023 he left Ukraine due to mobilization, obtained a passport in Russia, and stayed to live. Later, representatives of the Ukrainian special services contacted him through a friend in third countries and offered to blow up a car of a high-ranking Russian military officer in exchange for a deferment from service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Through Telegram, the detainee received instructions on how to assemble an improvised explosive device, made it, and left it in a car he bought with money provided by the special services. The car was planned to be parked "in a designated place." The IED was intended to be detonated when the military officer was supposed to pass by the car.
The man was detained on the M-4 highway when he was heading to the "planned crime scene."