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Russia grooms Ukrainian teens as spies, saboteurs and unwitting suicide ... He blended in easily, another teenager scrolling through his phone on a bus. But in his pocket, Ukraine ’s security service said, were co-ordinates and photographs of sensitive military targets intended for Russian intelligence. The 16-year-old Ukrainian, whose name has not been made public as he is a minor, was arrested and accused of spying for Russia , the Ukrainian security service (SBU) said this week. Ukrainian officials said he was recruited by Russia’s federal security service (FSB) via the messenger app Telegram, on which Russian operatives have increasingly targeted young users with offers of quick cash in exchange for their collaboration. The teenager was instructed to take pictures of Ukrainian troop positions and send location data back through encrypted channels. But the SBU had been tracking him, officials said, and when he raised his phone near a military site in Dnipro city, southern Ukraine, he was arrested on the spot. READ MORE Welcome to the new Global Briefing newsletter Iran-US deal is opposed across Israel’s political spectrum Labour hoping Nigel Farage will lose some of his flock t…

FSB Detains Two Ukrainian Agents in Crimea | Law-Order FSB Detains Two Ukrainian Agents in Crimea The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained two Ukrainian agents in Crimea. They reportedly passed information on Russian military facilities to Kyiv, including air defense coordinates in Kerch. One man, a resident of Crimea, also provided intelligence for missile strikes. The other offered assistance to the Ukrainian defense ministry. Devdiscourse News Desk | Moscow | Updated: 27-09-2024 14:13 IST | Created: 27-09-2024 11:49 IST Ukrainian soldiers Country: Russia SHARE The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Friday the detention of two Ukrainian agents in Crimea. According to the FSB, one of the detained individuals had provided Kyiv with information on the coordinates of Russian air defense installations located in the city of Kerch. The Crimean Bridge, which connects Kerch to Krasnodar Krai in southern Russia, serves as a crucial supply line for Russian troops engaged in the conflict in Ukraine. Russia had annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and later used it as a strategic base for its military offensive launched in February 2022. The arrested agent, id…

Russia reports arrest of three linked to planned terrorist activity Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained three individuals in the Tyumen region, Krasnodar region, and the Republic of Adygea on suspicion of being “accomplices of Ukrainian intelligence services” preparing terrorist attacks, the FSB’s Public Relations Centre said. The suspects were planning sabotage and terrorist acts targeting Russian servicemen, a volunteer organisation supporting participants in what Moscow calls its “special military operation,” as well as transport infrastructure and fuel and energy facilities in the mentioned regions,TASSreports. The FSB said the alleged activity was detected and stopped in time by its officers. During the searches, investigators seized a homemade explosive device based on a plastic explosive of foreign manufacture, as well as improvised incendiary devices. The agency added that correspondence with Ukrainian handlers containing instructions for planned attacks was found on the suspects’ phones. Regional FSB investigative units have opened criminal cases on charges including attempted terrorism and illegal possession of explosives or explosive devices. By Je…

Six more FSB agents detained for plotting terrorist attacks against ... The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained six agents of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who were preparing to blow up Ukrainian defenders using homemade explosive devices. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine . All the suspects were recruited by Russian special services through Telegram channels offering easy money. Two members of a sabotage group were detained in Kyiv while attempting to plant explosives near one of the region's military units. The suspects turned out to be two drug addicts from Kyiv, and their actions were coordinated by a detainee from a pre-trial detention center who set fire to a Defense Forces vehicle a year ago. He involved his cellmate in the subversive activities. While behind bars, both repeat offenders continued to carry out orders from the Russian Federation and enlisted two accomplices on the outside to help them. A Russian agent was detained in Vinnytsia while planting explosives near an apartment building where military families lived. The detainee is a 19-year-old resident of Zhytomyr region, who, after b…

Ukrainian Security Service Foils FSB Plot, Arrests Agents Planning ... According toГлавком: Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), in a joint operation with the National Police, has apprehended two Russian agents who were preparing to carry out terrorist attacks in Kyiv and Zhytomyr. The women were constructing improvised explosive devices under the direction of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). They have been formally charged under articles of the Ukrainian Criminal Code. This operation highlights the persistent threat of sabotage and terror tactics employed by Russian intelligence on Ukrainian soil. The arrests were made by SBU officers in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, with procedural oversight from the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office. The agents were building bombs intended for detonation in crowded public areas of the capital and Zhytomyr. The suspects are a 24-year-old contract service member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and her 25-year-old accomplice, both of whom were part of an extensive FSB agent network. This cell is linked to a group where three other members were arrested in December 2025 following a terrorist attack in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district. The newly arrested wom…

SBU arrests teen sharing Defense Force positions with Russian FSB A teen who spied on the Defense Forces positions in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts and passed this information to Russia’s FSB was arrested, military counterintelligence department of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on May 20. The official statement said that the suspect is a 17-year-old resident of Lozova who was recruited by Russian operatives via Telegram in exchange for promises of “easy money.” Read also: SBU says two 18-year-olds in Rivne tried to bomb police patrol at Russia’s request Photo: СБУ/Telegram To fulfill his task, the boy traveled on regional buses across eastern Ukraine, filming military sites on his phone. In one instance, he allegedly recorded a Ukrainian military convoy heading to the front line. Ad He reportedly used the cover story of “looking for the nearest post office” when scouting areas near Ukrainian military facilities. Upon returning home, he compiled the footage and prepared a “report” for his Russian handler. Read also: Teen suspected of planning Kyiv bombing detained According to the SBU, the information he collected was intended to help the Russian military plan furt…

Russia's FSB Thwarts Bomb Attack in Yekaterinburg, Detains Four Russia’s FSB Thwarts Bomb Attack Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had thwarted a large attack in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and detained four teenagers it said had been planning to detonate a bomb in a crowded area. The FSB said it had seized components for a homemade explosive device and that investigators in the Sverdlovsk region had opened a criminal case. The four teenagers are Russian citizens born in 2007 and 2008, the FSB said. It did not name them. It said that two of those detained had also been involved in an arson attack on an interior ministry car. The Interfax news agency reported that the arson attack had taken place on Dec. 22, 2024. The FSB said those detained “shared the ideas of a terrorist organization banned in Russia and planned to carry out a terrorist act using a homemade explosive device” in places where many citizens of Yekaterinburg are present.  تابعوا آخر أخبار الأوبزرفر العربي عبر Google News وسم Arab Observer Russia Russia’s FSB Russia’s FSB Thwarts Bomb Attack Yekaterinburg 4 January، 2025 Facebook X LinkedIn WhatsApp Share via Email Print

Ukrainian teenagers for Russian sabotage: law enforcement detains more ... Ukrainian teenagers for Russian sabotage: law enforcement detains more than 700 people in countering FSB plans - FT Kyiv • UNN June 30 2025, 08:41 AM • 2083 views Russian special services are recruiting Ukrainian teenagers for espionage, offering money for completing tasks. The SBU has detained more than 700 people involved in espionage, about 175 of whom are minors. Russian special services focus on teenagers who have financial difficulties or simply "want to earn enough money for a new iPhone." Russian agents try to involve representatives of these categories in various tasks, including photographing the positions of Ukrainian troops. UNN reports with reference to Financial Times . Details FSB agents are trying to train spies and saboteurs from some Ukrainian teenagers, offering "tasks" and money via messengers SBU spokesman Artem Dekhtiarenko told FT that since last spring, the agency has arrested more than 700 people involved in espionage, arson, and bomb plots organized remotely by Russian intelligence agents. Of these, about 175 – or about 25 percent – were under 18 years old. Minors cannot predict th…

Ukrainian agent detained in Crimea - FSB - Nexus Newsfeed Ukrainian agent detained in Crimea – FSB The suspect has confessed to hiding explosive devices in Sevastopol after receiving instructions from Kiev Source: FSB of Russia A resident of Crimea has been detained for collaborating with Ukrainian special services and assembling an improvised explosive device (IED) intended for use in a terrorist attack on the peninsula, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday. According to the statement, the 59-year-old man from the city of Feodosia voluntarily contacted the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and offered his assistance. He was recruited by a Ukrainian intelligence officer and maintained confidential contact with him, the FSB stated. Following instructions received via video link, the suspect allegedly retrieved explosive components from two pre-arranged hiding places and assembled the IED in his garage. The device contained over 1.2 kilograms of high explosives, an electric detonator, a homemade remote signal receiver and transmitter, and nearly 500 grams of nails to serve as shrapnel, according to the Russian security agency. The completed bomb was then hidden in…

FSB Recruits Ukrainian Teenagers for Espionage and Sabotage - FT June 30, 2025 nac.gov.ru Russian intelligence agencies are recruiting Ukrainian teenagers to carry out espionage and sabotage operations inside the country, the Financial Times reported Monday, citing senior officials in Kyiv. Russia is systematically targeting teenagers and young adults, including orphans, individuals displaced by conflict and those facing financial hardship or seeking additional income, Ukrainian officials told the FT. In one recent case, a 16-year-old boy was arrested in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro after being recruited by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Telegram, Ukrainian security officials told the FT. Ukraine’s SBU security service had been monitoring the individual and detained him as he attempted to take photos near a military facility in Dnipro. According to counterintelligence officials, the information was likely intended to assist in guiding Russian missiles or drones. SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk told the FT that Russia was being “aggressive, committing various crimes against national security, including recruiting agents from among our own citizens.” The SBU has made more than 70…

Russia's FSB says it detained two Ukrainian agents in Crimea MOSCOW (Reuters) – A regional body of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday it had detained two Ukrainian agents in Russian-annexed Crimea who had transferred information about Russian military facilities to Kyiv, the TASS state news agency reported. The FSB said one of the men had provided information about the coordinates of air defence installations in the city of Kerch. The Crimean Bridge, a key supply line for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, runs from Kerch to Krasnodar Krai in southern Russia. Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and used it as one of the launch pads for what it call its “special military operation” in Ukraine, which began in February 2022. The man, whom the FSB identified as a 45-year-old resident of Crimea, had also passed intelligence to Kyiv for use in launching missile strikes, the agency said. The second detainee, a 43-year-old, had also offered to help the Ukrainian defence ministry, TASS quoted the FSB as saying. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Christina Fincher)

Security forces detained a 17-year-old teenager from Mariupol for ... Pravda EN World Security forces detained a 17-year-old teenager from Mariupol for working for Kiev's military intelligence, the FSB of Russia reported 13.01.2026, 07:03 GMT Security forces detained a 17-year-old teenager from Mariupol for working for Kiev's military intelligence, the FSB of Russia reported Security forces detained a 17-year-old teenager from Mariupol for working for Kiev's military intelligence, the FSB of Russia reported. The minor established contact with representatives of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and, on their instructions, collected information about the locations of military units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Mariupol. A criminal case has been opened under the article "High treason". REN TV in Telegram| in MAX Source: Telegram "rentv_news"

FSB detains teenager for collaborating with Kiev’s military intelligence near Orenburg The teenager collected information about critical infrastructure facilities for subsequent transmission to the Ukrainian side for the purpose of attacking them with unmanned aerial vehicles

Teen-led terror plot foiled in southern Russia FSB Teen-led terror plot foiled in southern Russia FSB The mostly underage group planned attacks on police during Victory Day celebrations, the agency has claimed Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported that it disrupted a terrorist conspiracy allegedly plotted by a group of mostly teenage suspects who pledged loyalty to an international extremist organization. The cell, based in Stavropol Region in southern Russia, included nine people - only one of whom is legally an adult - according to an FSB statement released on Monday. The authorities said the group's leader, a minor, independently reached out to the terrorist organization online last year and went on to recruit the others. The group reportedly planned to attack police officers at multiple locations on May 9, which marks Russia's Victory Day, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The FSB said it apprehended the group's leaders the day before the alleged attacks were to take place. Additional arrests followed in later raids, the agency added. Officials did not name the terrorist organization allegedly involved or elaborate on its role in the pla…

SBU nabs FSB agent plotting assassination of Ukrainian ... Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has detained an agent of Russia’s Federal Security Service who was preparing a terrorist attack and assassination attempt on one of the leaders of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine in Kyiv, the SBU reported on Telegram on April 8. The suspect planned to detonate a homemade explosive device with remote control near the official’s apartment building in the morning as he left for work, investigators said. Security officers foiled the plot and arrested the man after he conducted final reconnaissance at the intended site. The suspect is a resident of Russian-occupied territory in Donetsk Oblast who was recruited in autumn 2025 by an FSB officer specializing in sabotage operations in Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities have identified the handler. Ad Following instructions from the Russian special service, the agent moved to Kyiv, rented an apartment and began tracking the target’s routines and locations. To avoid detection, he changed his appearance and clothing and communicated through anonymous messenger chats, the SBU said. Read also: Ukraine's law enforcers detains 6 Russian agents for arson a…

Ukraine: when the FSB recruits teenagers - justiceinfo.net Last year, several military SUV vehicles were set on fire in Kropyvnytskyi, in central Ukraine. Power substations and even a helicopter of the local flight academy were also burnt. According to Ukrainian investigators, the arsonists were four local teenagers, while another one “kept guard”, who have been recruited by the Russian intelligence Service (FSB). One of them has been convicted, while the trial of the three others are awaiting trial. Proceedings in absentia has also begun before the same District Court of Kropyvnytskyi, against the FSB operatives. According to the case file, Russian FSB operatives Yevhen Kozhemiakin and Oleksandr Suslyakov used Telegram for recruiting the young Ukrainians and tasking them with setting military vehicles, as well as public infrastructure facilities, on fire. Among those recruited were four Kropyvnytskyi residents – two of them were 15 and 17 years old, and the other two were 18. The boys were charged with seven criminal charges, including attempted sabotage committed by a group of people in collusion. According to the investigators, these actions are aimed at reshaping public opi…

Russia's FSB Thwarts Yekaterinburg Bomb Plot, Arrests Four Teens Moscow (Eurotoday) – The Russian FSB said it had thwarted a large attack in Yekaterinburg and arrested four teenagers who were planning to detonate a bomb in a crowded area. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had captured parts for a homemade explosive device and that authorities in the Sverdlovsk area had extended a criminal case. The agency identified four teenagers born in 2007 and 2008 as Russian citizens but did not identify them. The FSB stated those detained “shared the thoughts of a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia and prepared to carry out a terrorist attack using a homemade explosive kit” in areas where many citizens of Yekaterinburg are living. It stated that two of those arrested had also been involved in an arson raid on an interior ministry car. The Interfax news agency said that the arson attack was executed on Dec. 22, 2024. Recently, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced it had foiled several assassination attempts allegedly ordered by Ukrainian intelligence that targeted high-ranking officials of Russia’s Defense Ministry. According to reports, the FSB manag…

FSB says teenager detained in Russia for planning school attacks and mass killings <p>Russia’s Federal Security Service and the Investigative Committee announced on June 26 that a 17-year-old had been detained in Dagestan on suspicion of planning attacks on schools and mass killings of students.<p>