SBU detains Russian agent who tried to blow up post office in Zaporizzhia

As a result of a special operation, the SBU detained a Russian military intelligence agent who tried to blow up a local post office.

To commit the crime, the offender manufactured a remote-controlled improvised explosive device in his own home. He received instructions for making the explosive from the Russian special service.

The traitor hid the finished device in fruit boxes to send them to the cargo department of one of the postal operators.

After receiving a message about the delivery of the "order" to the post office, the suspect was supposed to detonate the explosives by phone call.

According to the available data, the occupants hoped that the bombing of the institution would lead to numerous civilian casualties and spread panic in the frontline city.

However, the SBU officers were proactive and exposed the suspect at the stage of preparation of the terrorist attack.

In addition, during the investigation, the SBU established that an additional task of the Russian agent was to identify places of mass concentration of personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He was to pass the information to the aggressor to prepare sabotage against the Defense Forces or to carry out air strikes.

According to the investigation, the enemy accomplice was a local resident. At the beginning of 2023, he was remotely recruited by a staff member of the 316th Intelligence Center of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (known as the game).

To engage the man in covert cooperation, the Russian special service used his friend, a resident of the temporarily occupied part of the region.

Subsequently, the enemy agent received a task to commit a terrorist attack through the "liaison", as well as instructions and money for the manufacture of explosives.

In case of committing a bombing and performing other hostile tasks, the occupiers promised their agent a monetary "reward".

He faces life imprisonment.