A 17-year-old suspect who tried to set fire to the building of the territorial recruitment and social support center (TCC) was detained in Vinnytsia. It turned out that the young man is an agent of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), which adds special resonance to the case.
He also planned a series of arsons on the territory of Zhytomyr. This was reported by the SBU press service.
The law enforcement officers detained the FSB agent "on hot pursuit" after he threw a "Molotov cocktail" at the wall of the Military Commissariat and filmed the fire on his phone camera.
According to the investigation, the enemy agent turned out to be a 17-year-old resident of Odesa, who came to the attention of the FSB in the spring of this year due to his search for quick earnings on the Internet.
A representative of the Russian special service offered the man from Odessa to commit arson of military infrastructure facilities and cars of Ukrainian defenders for money.
After the "test" tasks in the form of photographing the locations of the Defense Forces in the port city, the occupiers "seconded" their accomplice to Vinnytsia. There, the saboteur was supposed to set fire to the TCC building.
After this task, the saboteur was supposed to continue a series of arson attacks on the territory of Zhytomyr, the SBU said.
During the searches, a self-made incendiary mixture and a mobile phone, which he used to film the crime and communicate with the aggressor, were seized from the suspect.
The detainee was informed of suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 113 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (sabotage committed under martial law).
The perpetrator is currently in custody. He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
