According to Ukrinform, the SSU reported this.

The special operation was personally coordinated by the head of the Ukrainian security service, Major General Oleksandr Poklad.

According to the investigation, the detainees were carrying out tasks for the Russian FSB. Both were recruited remotely via Telegram channels advertising “easy money.”

Initially, the enemy agents carried out test missions: They took photos and videos of specific targets and set a military vehicle on fire. Later, they were involved in an attempt to kill Ukrainian defenders during a “charity” party, which was actually organized by Russian intelligence services.

It has been established that to hold this “themed event,” the suspects rented a house outside the city and posted invitations on several local Telegram channels. According to the enemy’s plan, during the party, the agents were to slip substances into drinks that would be fatal if consumed.

Several dozen people agreed to attend the party, most of them members of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

At the same time, the perpetrators received instructions from a Russian handler to construct a powerful bomb with a 10-kilogram explosive charge.

The SSU’s military counterintelligence unit took preemptive action and detained one of the enemy agents as he was carrying a homemade explosive device in his backpack.

Another female agent, a resident of the Kharkiv region, was detained in a rented house where she was synthesizing components for a bomb.

During searches, law enforcement officers seized explosive components from the detainees, as well as phones containing evidence of their work for the enemy, including instructions from a Russian handler regarding other intelligence and sabotage missions.

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The suspects were charged with the following crimes under the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

Part 1 of Article 14, Part 2 of Article 258—terrorist act;

Part 1 of Article 263—illegal handling of weapons, ammunition, or explosive substances.

The court ordered the suspects to be held in pre-trial detention without the right to bail. They face life imprisonment.

As reported by Ukrinform, a deserter who was preparing a terrorist attack in the center of Mykolaiv on behalf of the Russian Federation was previously detained.