Ukrainian security services foil alleged Russian-planned bombing in Lviv
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02.04.2025, 16:43
Two suspects planned to bomb a police facility, allegedly on Moscow’s orders. Photo: SBU
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Ukrainian counterintelligence and police arrested two individuals allegedly working for Russian military intelligence while they attempted to plant explosives at a police building in Lviv.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported that the device, disguised as a fire extinguisher, was taken from a hidden cache based on coordinates provided by Russian handlers from the GRU.
According to SBU, one of the suspects, a 22-year-old woman from Kyiv, was recruited via Telegram looking for “easy money” and initially tasked with distributing Russian propaganda leaflets in the Ukrainian capital.
After completing her first “test” assignment, she was instructed to travel to Lviv to carry out the attack. She also recruited an acquaintance to assist her in blowing up the administrative building of the local district police department, said the SBU.
Security services say the attackers also planned to install a hidden camera to broadcast the explosion’s impact to their Russian handlers.
Authorities intercepted the suspects before they could reach their target.
The SBU said it “exposed both agents in advance, documented their crimes, and detained them ‘red-handed’ as they approached the police unit with explosives.”
Both suspects have been charged with high treason under martial law, a crime punishable by life imprisonment with property confiscation.
The SBU urged the public to report any suspicious recruitment attempts, warning that Russian intelligence continues to seek operatives for sabotage missions inside Ukraine.
