A man believed to be strapped with explosives has taken nine adults and two children hostage in a post office in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, police said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
Kyiv Police Department chief Andriy Kryshchenko says the explosives seized in a vehicle in a Kyiv shopping center parking lot late Sunday had probably been set to be used in a terrorist attack.
Special forces in Kyiv have seized explosives found in a car; explosives experts and local investigators are now working on the scene of the incident, according to Kyiv police's press service.
The threat of terrorist attacks in big cities across Ukraine is growing on the eve of Independence Day, as evidenced by the numerous instances of disclosure of terrorists' plots by Ukraine’s security services, TSN Tyzden weekly report says.
Law enforcers in Kyiv region have detained a 33-year-old Russian national, who stored in his apartment a number of weapons, a TNT block stuffed with screws, lock-picks, and drugs, according to the National Police press service.