MOSCOW, Dec 25 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), said yesterday that, it had thwarted a planned sabotage and terrorist attack, targeting critical infrastructure in the Tyumen Region.
According to the FSB, the suspect acted on orders from Ukrainian special services, and planned an attack on a dispatch station of a major oil pipeline, operated by the Russian company, Transneft.
The individual attempted to extract components he had bought from a cache, to assemble an improvised explosive device yesterday. When security personnel tried to capture him, he offered armed resistance and was eventually neutralised, the FSB said.– NNN-TASS