Video is said to show arrest
Russia says it thwarted assassination attempt on Crimean chief
07/03/2023, 1:05 p.m
Russia has occupied Crimea, which belongs to Ukraine, against international rules since 2014. In order to interrupt the supply routes, the bridges in particular are repeatedly the target of Ukrainian attacks. Now, however, the governor of the Black Sea Peninsula is said to have been in the crosshairs.
According to the Russian secret service FSB, a Ukrainian attack on the head of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia, was foiled. “An attempted attack on the governor of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, organized by the Ukrainian secret services was foiled,” the Russian state news agency TASS quoted the Russian secret service as saying. An attempt was made to plant a bomb in Aksyonov’s car.
According to the FSB, a Russian born in 1988 was arrested. He is accused of having been recruited and trained by the Ukrainian domestic secret service SBU. “The bomber did not have time to carry out his criminal plan because he was caught just as he was taking the explosive device out of a hiding place,” the FSB said.
on one Video, which is distributed by the Russian platform Zvezda News, the arrest of the man should be visible. In it, special forces storm out of a white pickup truck and arrest the man. They then present the confiscated items, including suspected ignition devices and a can of petrol.
“I am sure that the perpetrators of this crime will be found and punished,” Aksyonov wrote on Telegram. He thanked the FSB for preventing the attempted assassination. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The peninsula in southern Ukraine serves as an important logistical base for the Russian armed forces. Ukraine had tried to interrupt Russia’s supply routes by attacking the bridges.