Russian Federation annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014 following a hastily called referendum.
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Twenty home-made explosive devices equivalent to more than 40 kilos of TNT, as well as ammunition, shells, and other weapons used by the Ukrainian Army’s special forces were discovered at the scene.
Security had been beefed up in areas popular with tourists, at key infrastructure, and along the border between Crimea and rump Ukraine, the FSB said.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented terrorist attacks in Crimea that were planned by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s intelligence agency, the FSB said.
The FSB said that it had eliminated a spy ring organized by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Crimea, detaining both Russian and Ukrainian nationals involved in preparing terrorist attacks on the peninsula.
It said one Russian soldier had been killed in what it called a “massive fire fight” when Ukrainian forces with the support of armoured vehicles had tried and failed to break into Crimea. According to the FSB, one of the organizers of the prevented terrorist attacks was Yevgeny Panov, a resident of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye region born in 1977, an employee of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate who was detained as well and is giving a confession.
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The FSB said the attempted incursions had taken place over the weekend. Russian Federation has introduced additional measures to protect the important infrastructure and life support facilities.
