Ukrainian terrorist attack against Russian nuclear plants foiled – FSB
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it intercepted a Ukrainian saboteur group that was planning a terrorist attack against two nuclear power plants in the country ahead of May 9, when Russians celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
The suspects were aiming to destroy more than 30 pylons of high-voltage lines linked to the nuclear power plants, the FSB announced in a statement on Thursday.
Before being detained, the Ukrainian agents were able to blow up one transmission tower and mine four others on power lines leading to the Leningrad nuclear plant near St. Petersburg, according to the statement.