SBU: Ukraine detained subversives, the Russians – BBC Russian

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Image caption Detainees found solid stocks of weapons, according to SBU

Security Service of Ukraine reported on the detention of “sabotage and intelligence group”, within which operated two Russians and three Ukrainians.

“One of the members [group] resisted with automatic weapons, injuring two employees of the special division “Alpha” and was rendered harmless, – wrote in “Facebook” a spokesman for the SBU Elena Gitlyanskaya. – The condition of one of the injured is critical, at this moment, doctors are fighting for his life “.

According to the press-secretary of the room, where he was hiding the saboteur, the staff of” Alpha “under fire first evacuated landlords and their seven-year child and then took the room by storm.

According Gitlyanskaya, during the arrest was withdrawn a large arsenal of eight filled with improvised explosive devices, 4 kg of TNT, 40 grenades, 2,000 rounds of ammunition.

According to the SBU commandos acted in several Ukrainian cities, including Kiev.

Against the background of deteriorating relations between Moscow and Kiev after the flight of former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to Russia on both sides of the border, the cases of prosecution of certain persons in sabotage and espionage.

The exact number and the names of Russian citizens who were arrested on charges of spying for Ukraine after the annexation of the Crimea and the outbreak of hostilities in the Donbass is unknown.

In 2015, in court materials to extend the arrest in such cases mentioned names scientist Vladimir Lapygina engineer on the laser unit and the former owner of the scientific-industrial complex “Electrooptics” Maxim Lyudomirskogo and Eugene Tchistov.

In October, 73-year-old Ukrainian pensioner Yuri Soloshenko was recognized in Russia guilty of spying for Ukraine.

Meanwhile, in Kiev continues the lawsuit against Russian Evgeny Erofeev and Alexander Alexandrov, who is believed to have belonged to the reconnaissance and sabotage unit of the GRU of the General Staff of Russia. However, the Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that they resigned from the army in December last year.