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| Ukrainian terror plot against staff of Russian defense plant thwarted – FSB | Ukrainian terror plot against staff of Russian defense plant thwarted – FSB |
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| The suspect planned to poison workers with toxic chemical substances, the agency has said | The suspect planned to poison workers with toxic chemical substances, the agency has said |
| Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. | Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. |
| The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic substances, according to a statement from the agency on Tuesday. | |
| The man was detained after receiving two containers with “dangerous chemicals” from a cache prepared by the Ukrainian special services, the FSB said. The substances in question can cause potentially fatal respiratory burns, it added. | |
| The suspect planned to pour the chemicals into the air ducts of vehicles driven by employees of the defense enterprise, the agency said. | |
| “The terrorist’s activities were coordinated from the territory of Ukraine via foreign internet messaging apps,” the FSB stressed. | |
| Yaroslavl is located on the Volga River, around 250km (160 miles) northeast of Moscow. The city, which has a population of over 570,000, is the capital of the Yaroslavl Region. |