Explosives near the police department in Zhytomyr: SBU detained 5 Russian agents (photo)

Among the detainees is a 46-year-old Kharkiv resident with convictions for robbery and robbery and four other residents of Zhytomyr aged 15 to 20 years. According to the investigation, they made an explosive in a rented apartment and laid a device near the police building. The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the National Police, detained five people who blew an explosive device near the district police department in Zhytomyr on November 20.

The explosion injured one law enforcement officer. About it reports the SBU on Wednesday, November 27. According to the investigation, the organizers of the terrorist attack operated on the task of Russian special services. They were recruited through Telegram channels that promised easy earnings. The explosion, stuffed with nails, was disguised as a thermos and remotely activated with a phone. Agents also installed hidden cameras to fix the explosion in real time.

Among the detainees is a 46-year-old Kharkiv resident with convictions for robbery and robbery. He was engaged in the purchase of components for the explosive device and hid them in a predetermined shroud. Other detainees - four residents of Zhytomyr aged 15, 16, 18 and 20 years, which were further prepared for the terrorist attack of two of them took away a package from the shroud.

Two more - in several construction supermarkets purchased chemical components, nails, other necessary elements for the manufacture of explosives. In the rented apartment, accomplices created a "trial sample", conducted tests and filmed it for curators. All five acted separately from each other. They were detained in hot pursuit as a result of special operations in the regional center. During the searches, the suspects seized the components for explosive devices, phones and SIM cards with evidence.