{"id":2116,"date":"2025-02-03T12:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukraine-foils-russian-backed-plot-to-blow-up-rivne-oblast-railway-sbu-says\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:02:32","slug":"ukraine-foils-russian-backed-plot-to-blow-up-rivne-oblast-railway-sbu-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukraine-foils-russian-backed-plot-to-blow-up-rivne-oblast-railway-sbu-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine foils Russian-backed plot to blow up Rivne Oblast railway, SBU says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/740a0900034e4c50e179738c2bd0a5a4.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine foils Russian-backed plot to blow up Rivne Oblast railway, SBU says\"><\/p>\n<p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Feb. 3 that it had prevented a sabotage attempt on a railway in Rivne Oblast, arresting a 23-year-old man allegedly working for Russian intelligence services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The man, on the instructions of the Russian intelligence services, came to the city of Sarny to blow up the railway tracks of the junction station through which trains with military equipment for the Armed Forces pass,&#8221; the SBU said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ssu.gov.ua\/novyny\/sbu-zatrymala-ahenta-fsb-yakyi-namahavsia-pidirvaty-koliiu-pered-vantazhnym-potiahom-na-rivnenshchyni\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was detained near the tracks while attempting to place explosives intended for remote detonation. Investigators learned that he was also tasked with gathering intelligence on military facilities in <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/lviv-oblast\/\">Lviv Oblast<\/a>, according to the SBU.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/sbu\/\">SBU<\/a> noted that the man had previously expressed pro-Russian views on social media and wanted to move to <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>. He had previously been prosecuted for desecrating Ukrainian soldiers&#8217; graves and was reportedly recruited by Russia due to his ideology.<\/p>\n<p>The man has been <a href=\"https:\/\/gp.gov.ua\/ua\/posts\/gotuvav-pidriv-kolii-vuzlovoyi-stanciyi-na-rivnenshhini-na-zamovlennya-specsluzb-rf-zatrimano-zitelya-lvivshhini\">charged<\/a> with high treason and sabotage under martial law, offenses punishable by life imprisonment and confiscation of property.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes days after the SBU dismantled a <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraine-dismantles-russian-fsb-spy-network-targeting-aircraft-f-16-jets\/\">Russian spy network<\/a> on Jan. 28 that was gathering intelligence on Ukrainian aircraft and aviation infrastructure for potential strikes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/syrskyi-condemns-violence-against-recruitment-centers-calls-for-investigation\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Syrskyi condemns recent violence against draft officers, calls for investigation<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">\u201cIn a short time, unfortunately, three shameful acts of violence occurred in different regions, in which servicemen were injured,\u201d Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine foils Russian-backed plot to blow up Rivne Oblast railway, SBU says\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Tim Zadorozhnyy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Syrskyi-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine foils Russian-backed plot to blow up Rivne Oblast railway, SBU says\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraine-foils-russian-backed-sabotage-attempt-on-rivne-railway-security-service-reports\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Feb. 3 that it had prevented a sabotage attempt on a railway in Rivne Oblast, arresting a 23-year-old man allegedly working for Russian intelligence services. &#8220;The man, on the instructions of the Russian intelligence services, came to the city of Sarny to blow up the railway tracks<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukraine-foils-russian-backed-plot-to-blow-up-rivne-oblast-railway-sbu-says\/\"> [&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1152,1],"tags":[2997,2479,1157,251,2999,2998,2996,51,1252,123,66,113],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kyivindependent","category-news","tag-blow","tag-foils","tag-oblast","tag-plot","tag-railway","tag-rivne","tag-russian-backed","tag-says","tag-sbu","tag-to","tag-ukraine","tag-up"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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