The perpetrators operated in Kyiv and the Zhytomyr region.
detention of arsonists
Security Service and National Police of the Zhytomyr region.
As stated on the SBU website, the perpetrators chose Ukrposhta branches and Ukrzaliznytsia relay cabinets. The detainees worked on orders from the Russian FSB, which promised them money for the work they did. However, the payments never arrived.
In Kyiv, a 16-year-old student of a local vocational pedagogical college was caught, who set fire to three Ukrposhta branches in different parts of the city.
To commit the crimes, the guy bought an incendiary mixture, which he then poured into the premises of government agencies through the windows he had broken.
In Zhytomyr region, two arsonists were caught trying to burn down a relay cabinet regulating train traffic on a strategically important Ukrzaliznytsia line.< /p>
A 27-year-old drug addict and a 38-year-old repeat offender with a criminal record for possession of bladed weapons and causing intentional grievous bodily harm worked together: one set fire to the railway equipment, the other recorded the fire on camera for a “report” to his Russian supervisor. /p>
During the raid, all the detainees had their mobile phones, SIM cards, clothes, shoes, backpacks and canisters containing evidence of criminal activity confiscated.
The perpetrators were informed of suspicion of sabotage and intentional destruction or damage of property.