Operatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained two Ukrainian nationals who had planned to commit a terrorist attack in the strategic port city of Mariupol, Donetsk region, the agency chief, Vasyl Hrytsak, has told a Kyiv briefing October 11.
The SBU managed to prevent a number of terrorist acts, in particular, at the Mariupol railway station against commuters bound to travel to Kyiv, Hrytsak said.
"Had they managed to succeed with a single terrorist act, it would have inflicted great human losses," said Hrytsak.
According to him, this time the terrorists targeted civilian infrastructure, not military facilities.
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During interrogations, the saboteurs admitted they had been tasked with attacking a number of public and infrastructure facilities in Donetsk region for a reward of $3,000 to $5,000 they were promised.
Charges have been pressed against individuals detained.