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Kyiv Independent: Ukraine detains instructor plotting killings of training base commanders on Russia's behalf, SBU says
Kyiv Independent - Ukraine detains instructor plotting killings of training base commanders on Russia's behalf, SBU says
by Tim Zadorozhnyy
April 14, 2025 12:37 PM
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained an instructor at a training center in Lviv Oblast who was planning assassinations of the base's commanders, the SBU said on April 14.
The suspect, an instructor at the Yavoriv training ground near the Polish border, is suspected of simultaneously working for both the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and Russian military intelligence (GRU).
The Yavoriv training ground, officially the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, located just 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ukraine's western border with Poland, has been a key hub for military training.
According to the case file, the agent had been granted "carte blanche" by his Russian handlers to determine how the attacks would be carried out.
The SBU said he explored multiple assassination methods, including planting an improvised explosive device (IED) inside the headquarters or training buildings and covertly using a fellow instructor — unknowingly — to deliver explosives to Ukrainian commanders.
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by Tim Zadorozhnyy
April 14, 2025 12:37 PM
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained an instructor at a training center in Lviv Oblast who was planning assassinations of the base's commanders, the SBU said on April 14.
The suspect, an instructor at the Yavoriv training ground near the Polish border, is suspected of simultaneously working for both the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and Russian military intelligence (GRU).
The Yavoriv training ground, officially the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, located just 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ukraine's western border with Poland, has been a key hub for military training.
According to the case file, the agent had been granted "carte blanche" by his Russian handlers to determine how the attacks would be carried out.
The SBU said he explored multiple assassination methods, including planting an improvised explosive device (IED) inside the headquarters or training buildings and covertly using a fellow instructor — unknowingly — to deliver explosives to Ukrainian commanders.
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