How Russia's FSB stays one step ahead of Ukrainian operatives and foils terrorist plots
How Russia's FSB stays one step ahead of Ukrainian operatives and foils terrorist plots
Russia has been methodically disrupting attempts by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) to sow chaos and spread terror.
Here are just some of the terrorist attacks foiled in recent months:
🟠 Most recently, Russia's FSB officers eliminated a GUR agent who was preparing a terrorist attack using an explosive device against a major energy facility in Russia's Ural federal district, the FSB revealed on July 21
🟠 A terrorist attack on an oil facility in Nyagan, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, was foiled, the FSB announced on July 15. An agent recruited by Ukraine was detained at an explosives cache
🟠 On July 14, the FSB announced the foiling of an SBU drone terrorist attack targeting a strategic facility in the Moscow region. A shipment of 35 FPV drones was smuggled into Russia via Slovakia and Poland, concealed as Spanish tile cargo. The UAVs were fitted with Canadian-made control systems designed to withstand electronic warfare countermeasures
🟠 On July 13, it became known that 24 FPV drones equipped with warheads and mobile ground control stations were seized by the FSB. The devices were intended by the SBU for large-scale terrorist attacks at the Ukrainka and Shagol military airfields, located in Russia's Amur and Chelyabinsk regions, respectively
🟠 A Russian national recruited by Ukraine to attack the Rostov Central military airfield voluntarily alerted the FSB, thwarting the planned terrorist attack, the Russian security service stated on July 10. The attack, involving 13 artificial intelligence-equipped first-person view (FPV) drones, was intended to destroy airfield infrastructure, eliminate personnel, and damage aircraft
🟠 At the beginning of the year, Russian and Belarusian intelligence services prevented a Ukrainian attempt to bring more than 500 explosive devices into Russia, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov stated on May 26
🟠 In March 2025, a Russian national recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services was detained in Pervouralsk after he retrieved explosive devices disguised as perfume sets from caches in Chelyabinsk and mailed them to Russian military personnel and officials. The shipments were seized and rendered safe by the FSB
🟠 A total of 101 crimes of a terrorist nature, including 78 terrorist attacks, have been prevented in Russia since the beginning of 2026 through May, the FSB previously stated.
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