A local resident was allegedly coerced into collaborating with Kiev through a financial scam
A Ukrainian plot to blow up a railroad bridge in Russia’s Urals has been thwarted, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Monday.
The planned attack reportedly targeted one of three railroad bridges in the key transport hub of Chusovoy in Perm Region, 1,250 km east of Moscow.
Ukrainian agents scammed the collaborator into transferring around $4,400 in savings to accounts they controlled, then convinced him that “testing” anti-terrorist preparedness would help recover the funds, the FSB said.
By the time Russian security raided his residence, the suspect had produced 10 kilograms of homemade explosives and obtained other bomb components, including a web camera to monitor the bridge and remotely time the explosion. The man, who is in his mid-50s, faces a possible life sentence for attempted terrorism, the FSB said.
Russian investigators have blamed the Ukrainian government for a number of plots targeting civilian infrastructure, including coordinated bombings of two bridges last year. One of the attacks caused a deadly passenger train derailment in Bryansk Region, killing the engineer and six passengers and injuring over 100 people.
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