The SBU conducted a multi-stage special operation, during which it neutralized a deeply secreted enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group. Agents of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were preparing a terrorist attack - they planned to shoot down a passenger plane over the territory of Russia or Belarus.

The occupiers intended to accuse Ukraine and our partners of attacking the aircraft unjustifiably. The attackers wanted to fire on a civilian board from the portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS) "Stinger" to commit the provocation.

To steal and smuggle foreign MANPADS abroad, representatives of the aggressor country's special services gave a task to their intelligence group.

The enemy DRG consisted of two dual citizens and an accomplice. Their activities were coordinated by Russian Alexander Tyuterev, a staff member of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and has the call sign "Marine".

It was established that he had previously participated in the organization of a series of terrorist attacks in the Odessa region, for which he is wanted.

On his instructions, enemy agents tried to establish contacts with representatives of the Armed Forces under the guise of patriotic volunteers. To form "trustworthy" relations, they provided the Ukrainian military with reliable information on the positions and movements of the occupation units of the so-called "Kadyrovites".

In the future, the Russian agency planned to use the established contacts to illegally obtain foreign MANPADS and transfer them to the aggressor country.

During the special operation, SBU officers detained all members of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the occupiers.

Investigative and operational actions are underway to establish all the circumstances of the detected crime and bring its organizers to justice.

Same time with the revelation of these criminal plans, the SBU exposed the facts that indicate a significant level of degradation of the intelligence services of the Russian Federation.

It was established that the marine lied to his leadership about the successes in Ukraine and gave the sabotage groupe under his control the task of falsifying the terrorist attack in the rear of Ukraine. In particular, they prepared staged photos and videos about the alleged "attack on the Territorial defence checkpoint."