An assassination attempt against the head of one of the defense industry enterprises, planned by Ukrainian special services, was prevented in the Moscow region, the Federal Security Service /FSB/ reported..
FSB officers detained seven Russians - residents of the Moscow region, the Sverdlovsk region and the Perm region, three of whom are minors. According to the service, they planned to place a homemade bomb under the top manager's car, which is why they were monitoring the parking lot with the car.
Their actions were coordinated by the Ukrainian special services via messenger, which is confirmed by the data on their phones, the FSB added.
“Currently, the members of the group are making confessions and cooperating with the investigation“, the special service emphasized.
The Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Moscow Region has opened a criminal case for an attempt to commit a terrorist act.